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The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience. Sir Walter Scott We shall never learn to read more
The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience. Sir Walter Scott We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart. -Unknown.
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is read more
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.
Education is the fire-proofer of emotions.
Education is the fire-proofer of emotions.
The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance read more
The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
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.
I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up read more
I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
