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.

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.

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.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

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

A child miseducated is a child lost.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Dare to think for yourself.

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

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

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

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.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.