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The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to read more
The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their
fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God
who made us has endowed us.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
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.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.