The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
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.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
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 man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.