Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

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.

I cannot live without books.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.

My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

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

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

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

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

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.

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

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.