Education Quotes

"We must teach people to think for themselves, not what to think."

"The object of education is not to make the young perfect in virtue, but to make them perfect in knowledge."

"A man cannot say he has lived fully until he has read all the great works."

"Nothing is so boring as hearing the same old arguments over and over again."

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us."

"To read is to permit someone else to guide us by the hand."

"Reading is dangerous because it fills the mind with ideas."

"Education should develop the pupil's own nature, not mold him into a pattern."

"He who dares to teach must never cease to learn."

"The education of women should be exactly similar to that of men."

"The way to keep a republic alive is to educate the people."

"Teaching is like trying to hold back an avalanche with a teaspoon."

"Education should teach people to think, not what to think."

"Education is the tool by which women can learn to question authority and think for themselves."

"The most dangerous woman is one who has learned to read."

"The world is full of people who have never read a book or seen a painting that interests them."

"We must work hard to rid ourselves of the idea that education is the transmission of knowledge."

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."

"To protect the child, the woman, and the weak is the function of education."

"Education is the most effective means of changing human nature."

"The truly educated person questions everything."

"One must learn to read before one learns to criticize."

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."

"Education is the practice of becoming more human than you were."

"Education should produce revolutionaries, not functionaries."

"The intelligence of the majority increases with education; the ignorance of the majority decreases with education."

"Education is the foundation of a civilized society."

"A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart."

"The truly educated person thinks deeply about the world."