Education Quotes

"The study of comparative anatomy is the study of harmony in design."

"The researcher who merely collects without understanding has missed the entire purpose."

"The student must learn to question everything except his commitment to truth."

"Nature is the greatest teacher; we are merely her humble students."

"To teach others is the highest calling of those who know."

"Nature's variations are not errors but experiments, and every experiment teaches."

"To observe carefully is to become a student of life's greatest mysteries."

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not."

"Liberal education makes not the good craftsman, but the good man and citizen."

"Every citizen should understand enough science to take part intelligently in discussions of public policy."

"Certainty is the privilege of the uneducated."

"Before learning any new ideas one should remove all preconceptions."

"The more I think of it the more I am convinced that we are wrong to do more than refuse to teach what we know to be false."

"The science-educated person is doubly advantaged."

"The greatest value of teaching is not imparting information but developing the mind."

"Our greatest dangers are not from external foes but from ignorance."

"To know one thing well is better than to know many things poorly."

"Nature teaches those who have eyes to see."

"To name something is to begin to understand it."

"Learning requires both humility and persistence."

"To organize knowledge is to organize thought."

"Nature is the ultimate teacher for those with patience."

"To understand one thing fully opens doors to understanding all things."

"The language of nature can be learned by any dedicated mind."

"We must read the book of nature with patience and reverence."

"The collector who gathers specimens gathers wisdom."

"The collector's cabinet is a temple of accumulated knowledge."

"The fossil whispers secrets to the ear of the patient scholar."

"The museum is where time stands still to teach us."

"The struggle for existence is the school in which all excellence is learned."