No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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.

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.

Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.

Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be read more

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.