There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation read more

There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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.

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up read more

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.

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.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

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.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

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.