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

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

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

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

Industrialize or perish.

If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.

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

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

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.