Generally, education is to curiosity what circumcision is to the foreskin.

The illiterate do not write letters; they draw them.

A book can be read to you, not for you.

We are oversupplied with people and books that make us know more, but are undersupplied with those that make us think and live better.

Education teaches us how to make a living, not how to live.

We sometimes learn, not from something, but from not having learned from it.

Every problem is a teacher from the University of Life.

A truth is not any less truthful, when it is said by someone who did not discover, or does not understand, it.

Hiring a talented teacher or coach is the closest the rich can get to buying their children talent.