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

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

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

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

My weapon is literature

Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.

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

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

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

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.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

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

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

A witty saying proves nothing.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.