The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
Courage, conviction and confidence.
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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.
My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
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
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
