My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to read more

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the read more

My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the other.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.

When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself read more

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.