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The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.
'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.
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.
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn read more
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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.
Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice read more
Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
