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.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world

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

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

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

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.

The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

A witty saying proves nothing.

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

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

The knowledge of all things is possible

Know what you are talking about.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.