Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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.
If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Investigate, educate and organize.
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Civilization is a race between disaster and education.
My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country
Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.
It is better to know how to learn than to know.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
