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

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

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

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

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

Courage, conviction and confidence.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

Industrialize or perish.

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

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

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

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

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

As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.