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Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. -Sir William Haley.
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use read more
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure read more
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. -Michael Faraday.
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of read more
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.
Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.
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.
