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    Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.

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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war read more

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Education Quotes,
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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university read more

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Education Quotes,
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More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on read more

More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities. -Jonathan Kozol.

by Jonathan Kozol Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

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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.

by Horace Mann Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

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

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

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Education Quotes,
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It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

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