Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

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

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

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

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

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

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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

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.

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

Dare to think for yourself.

Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.

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.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

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

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