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There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism read more
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.
Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., read more
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve
possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
