Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

When you know better you do better.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.