Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of read more

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

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 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.

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.

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

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.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.