946 private quotes tagged education

“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.” — Alvin Toffler

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“A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti

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“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” — Edward Everett

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“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.” — Clifford Stoll

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“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” — Ernest Dimnet

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“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.” — John W. Gardner

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“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” — Robert M. Hutchins

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“To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.” — A. A. Milne

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“Education is the transmission of civilization.” — Will Durant

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“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.” — Alice Miller

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“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.” — Heinrich Heine

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“Learn to think continentally.” — Alexander Hamilton

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“When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” — Desiderius Erasmus

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“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.” — Maynard James Keenan

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“Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.” — Robert Anthony

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“The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.” — George Santayana

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“If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.” — Galileo Galilei

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“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.” — Daniel J. Boorstin

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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” — Abigail Adams

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“I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.” — Annie Dillard

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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” — Sydney J. Harris

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“The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.” — Ernest Renan

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“An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.” — Alan K. Simpson

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“Your library is your paradise.” — Desiderius Erasmus

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