Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Courage, conviction and confidence.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

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

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

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

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

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

I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.