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Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
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.
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.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. -Henry Peter Broughan.
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. -Henry Peter Broughan.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
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 know and what you don't.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.