But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh, it drives all joy away!
Under a read more

But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh, it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day--
In sighing and dismay.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.\r\n

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.\r\n

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B. King.

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B. King.

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both read more

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

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.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man read more

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.