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    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.

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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

by G. M. Trevelyan Found in: Education Quotes,
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The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Education Quotes,
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The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

by Helen Keller Found in: Education Quotes,
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The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

by Liberty Hyde Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

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

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The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological read more

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Education Quotes,
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

by A. A. Milne Found in: Education Quotes,
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. -Kahlil Gibran.

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