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

My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

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

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

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

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

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

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.

To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction

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

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.