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.

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a read more

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance read more

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win read more

Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.

Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.

Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. -Kahlil Gibran.

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Alec Bourne.

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Alec Bourne.