There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

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

All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

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

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

My weapon is literature

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

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

The knowledge of all things is possible

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

Dare to think for yourself.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.