Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
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.
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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.
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.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
