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

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

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.

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

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

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.

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

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Dare to think for yourself.

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

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

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Know what you are talking about.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

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

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