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    The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

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The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.

The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.

by Hannah Arendt Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school read more

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.

by Sir William Haley Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Education Quotes,
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If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you read more

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.

Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.

by Francis Keppel Found in: Education Quotes,
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Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training read more

Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training for the real world. Only men of very strong character surmount this handicap.

by Paul Chambers Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

by John Ruskin Found in: Education Quotes,
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin.

by James Baldwin Found in: Education Quotes,
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Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

by Anthony J. D'angelo Found in: Education Quotes,
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