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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.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., read more
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve
possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]
The highest result of education is tolerance.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism read more
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.
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.
Nature has always had more force than education.
Nature has always had more force than education.
The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance read more
The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.
