Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Know what you are talking about.
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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.
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
My weapon is literature
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
