The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

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.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed read more

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early read more

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.