I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

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

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.

A thought is an idea in transit.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

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

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

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

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.

Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Dare to think for yourself.

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.