"Books have led some to learning and others to madness"

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"

"No two persons ever read the same book"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

"A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning"

"When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language"

"Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before"

"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book"

"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts"

"Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn"