I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

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

Industrialize or perish.

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

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

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.

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

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

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.

Investigate, educate and organize.

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

The highest result of education is tolerance.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.

If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

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

Better know nothing than half-know many things.