The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Courage, conviction and confidence.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
I cannot live without books.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.