Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

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

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

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

The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

I cannot live without books.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

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

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

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

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

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

Know what you are talking about.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.