Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

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

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.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

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.

Courage, conviction and confidence.

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.

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

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

My weapon is literature

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

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

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

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

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.

When you know better you do better.