There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
Investigate, educate and organize.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
A witty saying proves nothing.
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.