Civilization is a race between disaster and education.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
Better know nothing than half-know many things.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
Dare to think for yourself.
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Courage, conviction and confidence.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
