It is better to know how to learn than to know.

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.

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

My weapon is literature

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

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.

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

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.

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

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.