A thought is an idea in transit.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
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.
Know what you are talking about.
If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
