The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which read more

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up read more

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

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.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. -Angela read more

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. -Angela Schwindt.