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

I cannot live without books.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

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

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

Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

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