Quote by W.E.B. Du Bois

"The function of the university is not simply to teach bread-winning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life."

W.E.B. Du Bois Education
Sociologist, Civil Rights Pioneer American 1868–1963

More from W.E.B. Du Bois

"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line."
"Of all the things that drive men to Alice in Wonderland type of action, the worst is female beauty."
"I believe it is the duty of the Negro, as the greater part of the race is black."
"One ever feels his twoness in this American world."

All quotes by W.E.B. Du Bois

More Education Quotes

"Education opens doors."
- Ricky Ricardo
"Education opens doors to endless possibilities."
- Lucy Ricardo
"I ain't got the education you got, bub."
- Logan
"You can't put a price on history."
- Indy

All Education quotes