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.
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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born is Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up read more
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born is Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and
taught according to the perfect manner of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is read more
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure read more
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. -Michael Faraday.
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of man, - the read more
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of man, - the balance-wheel of the social machinery. -Horace Mann.
