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

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

A thought is an idea in transit.

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

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

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

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

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

If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

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