Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.

The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.

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

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

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last read more

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.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.