Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and read more

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.

Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.

Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.

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

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both read more

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

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.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.