Quotes about Knowledge

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Curiosity is more important than knowledge.

Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.