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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.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you read more
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.
Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step read more
Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step taken oh so slight.
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
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.
Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that read more
Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at
all.
To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. read more
To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure. -Joseph Joubert.
