I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.

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

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

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

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

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

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

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

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.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

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

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

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

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.