Albert Einstein Quotes

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

I still believe that education is about provoking some kind of original, creative thought.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

I feel like I've been out of high school forever. So I just read to keep my mind going.

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But when it comes to children, all three are deeply entwined. Children learn the truth by imagining all the ways the world could be, and testing those possibilities.

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.

These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.

So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.

I think it's good to stimulate your mind.

Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The child's mind must be set free.

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

Education is unlikely ever to win an “open market” competition with entertainment because “easy” and “hard” can never compete on equal ground, and for those not yet disciplined in the rites of learning, “freedom” will always mean easy.

I tend to read a lot of books and believe in a certain ideology.

I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose.

I'm trying to start reading books that you gain knowledge from in order to challenge myself more. As a rule, I tend to read easy reading/populist-type books, but I don't feel like I'm learning enough.

Read books and keep informed. The conversation can get old if you don't have some good new topics to bring to the table.