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    We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

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No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

by Emma Goldman Found in: Education Quotes,
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Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step read more

Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step taken oh so slight.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

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Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

by Anthony J. D'angelo Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

by John Holt Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.

Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.

by Thomas Henry Huxley Found in: Education Quotes,
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

by Aristotle Found in: Education Quotes,
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's read more

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Education Quotes,
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