Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

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.

If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

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

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.

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, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.