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.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

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

If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

Investigate, educate and organize.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

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

The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

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

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.