More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on read more

More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities. -Jonathan Kozol.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it read more

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.

Education is not received. It is achieved.

Education is not received. It is achieved.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si read more

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]