"This nation has been drifting back in comparison with the rest of the world for the last 20 years in education"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten"

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows"

"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run"

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine"

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it"

"I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out"

"I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories"

"Freedom can occur only through education"

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"