As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.
The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
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.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
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.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
