Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both read more

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on read more

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

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.

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of read more

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to read more

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.