A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up read more

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.

By education most have been misled.

By education most have been misled.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

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

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

Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.

Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.

'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.

'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.