Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.

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

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

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

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

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.

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

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.