A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
Industrialize or perish.
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.