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

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

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

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

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

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

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

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

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Know what you are talking about.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

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.

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

Industrialize or perish.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.