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It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For
that he does not really need read more
It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For
that he does not really need a college. He can learn them from
books. The value of an education is a liberal arts college is
not learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think
something that cannot be learned from textbooks.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
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.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. read more
Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
