I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
A witty saying proves nothing.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Courage, conviction and confidence.
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.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
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.
Dare to think for yourself.
I cannot live without books.
To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction
My weapon is literature
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
Know what you are talking about.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.