Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

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.

All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

Courage, conviction and confidence.

My weapon is literature

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of invention.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

A witty saying proves nothing.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

Know what you are talking about.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.