Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

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

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

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.

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.