Education Quotes

"Understanding a word means understanding a language."

"The explanation of a word ends when we have shown how it is used."

"One cannot guess how a word functions. One has to look at its use."

"We do not understand the grammar of our concepts."

"We have failed to understand the use of words."

"Concepts are not simply learned; they are partly constituted by our cognitive architecture."

"Cognitive development is constrained by innate principles of mental organization."

"Our understanding of language acquisition remains fundamentally incomplete."

"The nativist position on language is more plausible than empiricism."

"Cognitive development involves both maturation and learning."

"Natural goodness in humans is not something we are born with fully formed, but something we develop through habit and practice."

"Moral education requires more than instruction; it requires the formation of character."

"The gap between moral knowledge and moral action is often bridged through habit and practice."

"Moral education is fundamentally about learning to love the right things and hate the wrong things."

"Moral education should aim at developing virtuous character, not merely obedience to rules."

"A young man, not versed in logic, cannot handle his affairs well."

"Responsibility requires understanding, and understanding requires education."

"We must learn to think before we learn to speak."

"Education is the art of transferring knowledge from one soul to another while awakening both."

"Education is the key that unlocks doors we didn't know existed."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew."

"Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of, education."

"An education is not for becoming more clever."

"Moral education requires more than intellectual understanding; it requires habituation."

"Teaching is the most difficult profession in the world."

"Ordinary language philosophy reveals the depth hidden in everyday expressions."

"Philosophy begins where confusion about our concepts begins."

"The task of philosophy is not to escape our concepts, but to understand them fully."

"We inherit our basic concepts from the natural human attitude, not from logic."

"Philosophical confusion often arises from taking the surface grammar of a sentence as a guide to logical form."