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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to read more
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and read more
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.
The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.
Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.
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.
Education is not received. It is achieved.
Education is not received. It is achieved.