Education: The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

Education: The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

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.

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.

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.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is read more

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.