The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

A witty saying proves nothing.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

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

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.

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

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

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

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.

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

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

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

The knowledge of all things is possible

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

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

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.