A witty saying proves nothing.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Courage, conviction and confidence.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.

My weapon is literature

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.

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

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.