Education Quotes

"The business of education is not to make the young perfect in any of the sciences, but to unsettle their minds."

"The great art of education is to direct vanity to proper objects."

"The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others."

"The great secret of education is to make the exercises of the body and mind always agreeable to children."

"Learning is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"A child is not to be educated simply for the academy, but for life."

"True education teaches one to think, not what to think."

"Education is the most powerful tool against exploitation."

"The education of a people determines the destiny of their nation."

"Education is the greatest weapon against the tyranny of ignorance."

"A people which is not educated and virtuous cannot long remain free."

"Education is the foundation of civic virtue and of political liberty."

"A free people must be educated and virtuous."

"I have always believed in the power of education to liberate."

"A man without education is like a bird without wings."

"The mind that is open to learning is never truly enslaved."

"The foundation of democracy is the education of its citizens."

"To educate a child is to strike a blow against tyranny itself."

"Education is the fortress from which tyranny cannot be dislodged."

"The mind of an enslaved person is the first fortress to be liberated."

"A nation without education is a nation without a future."

"I believe that by freeing the minds of men and women, we are liberating them."

"The tragedy is the teaching of woman to view herself as a secondary being."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects."

"The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest or convenience of the masters."

"Education is the great equalizer of society."

"The most effective instrument for the suppression of free thought is education."

"Education should liberate, not indoctrinate."