Maxioms Pet

X
  •   30  /  17  

    What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  22  /  35  

Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.

Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.

by Epictetus Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  11  

It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic read more

It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education.

  ( comments )
  22  /  22  

Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step read more

Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step taken oh so slight.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  17  /  25  

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. read more

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  15  

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,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  19  /  20  

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.

by Seth Godin Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  37  

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. -Kahlil Gibran.

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  12  /  18  

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

  ( comments )
  6  /  9  

A good teacher is a determined person.

A good teacher is a determined person.

by Gilbert Highet Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet