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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown.
If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken
within the hearsay of little children tends towards the read more
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken
within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation
of character.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
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.