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

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

Dare to think for yourself.

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

I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

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.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

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

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

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

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

Investigate, educate and organize.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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