Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
When you know better you do better.
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.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
Civilization is a race between disaster and education.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
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.
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.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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.
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 read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
