If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
Better know nothing than half-know many things.
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
Investigate, educate and organize.
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.
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.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.