There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
Better know nothing than half-know many things.
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
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.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
