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    We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyfull of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological read more

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Education Quotes,
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The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Education Quotes,
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My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
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My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the other.

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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.

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The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips.

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Education Quotes,
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

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Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever read more

Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not live by bread alone.

by John A. Hannah Found in: Education Quotes,
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Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

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Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.

Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.

by Erich Fromm Found in: Education Quotes,
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