The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what read more

The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he knows. -Laurence Lee.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to read more

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism read more

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of read more

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to read more

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose read more

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. -Anatole France.

Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.