Ignorance is the parent of fear.
My education was interrupted only by my schooling.
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or of a lack of verbal interest is just f*cking lunatic.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.