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

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

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

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

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

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

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

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

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

Dare to think for yourself.

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.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

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

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

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

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