My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early read more

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo.

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.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.