Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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
Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.
A witty saying proves nothing.
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.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
