The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
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.
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.
Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.