I am verily a man which am a Jew, born is Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up read more

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born is Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and
taught according to the perfect manner of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken
within the hearsay of little children tends towards the read more

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken
within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation
of character.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a read more

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in
the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is
abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the
soldier, in full military array.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
read more

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
to contend.

Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever read more

Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not live by bread alone.