“ You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year. ”

“ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. ”

“ Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. ”

“ Don't limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time. ”

“ It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e. the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to. ”

“ In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them. ”

“ I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ”

“ The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. ”

“ I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. ”

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

“ Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. ”

“ Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. ”