“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.”
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“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.”
“Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.”
“Learn to think continentally.”
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”
“An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.”
“When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
“To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.”
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
“Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.”
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”
“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.”
“Education is all a matter of building bridges.”
“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.”
“Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.”
“If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.”
“The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.”
“An educated people can be easily governed.”
“Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.”
“I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.”
“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
“If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.”
“Your library is your paradise.”
“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.”