The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For
that he does not really need read more

It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For
that he does not really need a college. He can learn them from
books. The value of an education is a liberal arts college is
not learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think
something that cannot be learned from textbooks.

Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is read more

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con read more

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.