Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.

Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.

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.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn read more

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.

It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has read more

It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

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.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.