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, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.

The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last read more

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyfull of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.

'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.