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The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.
The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.
What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.
What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
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 mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.
Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. -Sir William Haley.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.