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

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

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

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

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

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

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

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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

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

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.

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