Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

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

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

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.

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

I cannot live without books.

A thought is an idea in transit.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

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

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

Know what you are talking about.

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

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

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

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.

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think

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

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