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

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

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

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

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

Know what you are talking about.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

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

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.