Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early read more

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.

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.

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.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.