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.

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use read more

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

An educated people can be easily governed.

An educated people can be easily governed.

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, read more

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

If you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. -Robert F. Goheen.

If you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. -Robert F. Goheen.

Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any read more

Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.