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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.
But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh, it drives all joy away!
Under a read more
But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh, it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day--
In sighing and dismay.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
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.
