Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

I trembled to think of a world without stars. No guide for the sailor to trust at see, no jewels to dazzle our sense of beauty [...] But all around the globe, the air is so dirty and the lights from the cities are so bright that for some people few stars can be seen anymore. A generation of children may grow up seeing a blank sky and asking, "Did there used to be stars there?"

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.