If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.
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.
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
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
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
