Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. -Sir William Haley.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, read more

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.