The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to read more

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their
fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God
who made us has endowed us.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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.

Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

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.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed read more

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

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.

The secret of education is respecting the pupil.

The secret of education is respecting the pupil.