Education Quotes

Learning changes everything. These quotes explore teaching, curiosity, and the transformative power of knowledge.

28234 quotes

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"We need to teach young people to think, not what to think."
Gloria Steinem
A
"Education should be the practice of freedom."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Education is the practice of critical consciousness."
Angela Y. Davis
B
"Education should not be a luxury reserved for those who fit traditional molds."
Betty Friedan
B
"Intellectual engagement is as vital to women as it is to men."
Betty Friedan
S
"Education that does not question existing power structures merely perpetuates them."
Shulamith Firestone
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"The ignorance of women is not natural; it is deliberately cultivated."
Germaine Greer
G
"Women are not born submissive; they are trained to be submissive."
Germaine Greer
G
"Female education has been designed to keep women subordinate."
Germaine Greer
K
"When we center marginalized voices, everyone's understanding deepens."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"Intersectionality requires us to think beyond our own experiences."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"We must be willing to learn from those whose struggles differ from our own."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
A
"Intellectual freedom depends on material freedom."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Women's education has been designed to perpetuate our own subjugation."
Andrea Dworkin
b
"Education as the practice of freedom is the means by which we deal critically with reality."
bell hooks
b
"Learning is a lifelong act of love and commitment."
bell hooks
b
"When we teach with love, we are teaching the possibility of love."
bell hooks
B
"Education is the key to breaking free from limited expectations."
Betty Friedan
B
"Intellectual development is as important for women as for men."
Betty Friedan
B
"A woman's education is never wasted, never irrelevant, always empowering."
Betty Friedan
S
"Education for women must include consciousness of their own oppression."
Shulamith Firestone
"I teach to learn, and I perform to understand."
Audre Lorde
"The library as a symbol of secular authority in the absence of religious authority."
Audre Lorde
"I am still learning."
Audre Lorde
B
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Barbara Smith
B
"Education opens doors that nothing else can."
Barbara Smith
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"The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn."
Gloria Steinem
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"I spent several years trying to teach a famous writer who was incapable of it."
Gloria Steinem
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"The best thing for being sad is to learn something."
Gloria Steinem
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"We should be teaching children to find comfort in independence and joy in interdependence."
Gloria Steinem