The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

There is nothing as stupid as an educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.

There is nothing as stupid as an educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

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

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

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which read more

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of read more

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.