A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

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.

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

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

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

Industrialize or perish.

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

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

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

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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

The knowledge of all things is possible

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.

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

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

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

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.