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

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

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

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

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

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

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.

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

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

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