“The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.”

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

“You can't be a writer if you're not a reader.”