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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

by G. M. Trevelyan Found in: Education Quotes,
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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

by Aristotle Found in: Education Quotes,
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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Education Quotes,
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's read more

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

by Sydney J. Harris Found in: Education Quotes,
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Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that read more

Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at
all.

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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.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Education Quotes,
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