Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

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

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

Investigate, educate and organize.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

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

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.

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

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

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.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

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.

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

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

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

The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.