Wisdom and Ignorance

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Albert Einstein, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Jules de Gaultier, in Wisdom and Ignorance

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern; no idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.

Ellen Glasgow, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Gail Godwin, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Ordinary people know little of the time and effort it takes to learn to read. I have been eighty years at it, and have not reached my goal.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Upon the education of the people the fate of this country depends.

Benjamin Disraeli, in Wisdom and Ignorance