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    The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

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Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

by Sonia Sotomayor Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

by Richard Livingstone Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.

Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.

by Leonard L. Levinson Found in: Education Quotes,
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Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

by Anthony J. D'angelo Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. -Malcolm Forbes.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. -Malcolm Forbes.

by Malcolm Forbes Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.

Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.

by Francis Keppel Found in: Education Quotes,
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Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.

by Charles Handy Found in: Education Quotes,
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My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

by Edward Everett Found in: Education Quotes,
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