That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
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.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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.
