The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use read more

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do read more

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.

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.

Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation read more

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

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.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

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.