I remember from my school days Archimedes jumping into his bath and displacing water and coming up with his famous principle, and of course Isaac Newton being hit on the head with an apple. In other words, this realm of human knowledge - which is mathematical, essentially - can have a playful visual element to it.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your desk and your to-do list.

You must have taken great pains, sir; you could not naturally been so very stupid.

In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

Learning begins at the level of the learner.

To be learning something new is ever the chief pleasure of mankind .

Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls, and in order to practice. . . . Practice according to what knowledge you have. This will be the way to know more. .

Student—"any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.

Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.