Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism read more

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

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

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

To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. read more

To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure. -Joseph Joubert.

We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. read more

We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death