Education Quotes

"The state of irritation and not knowing what to do is the state of awareness."

"One repays a teacher badly if one always remains only a student."

"Knowledge and wisdom are not the same."

"What is education but training to think?"

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"Educational reform is the foundation of all other reforms."

"Man is capable of improvement through education and good laws."

"The greatest benefit of an education is learning to think critically and question authority."

"Education should teach people to think rationally about their own happiness and others'."

"The education of all children from the moment they can get along without a mother's care is state duty."

"Man can become man only by education."

"Humans can be perfected only by education."

"Enlightenment is humanity's release from its self-incurred tutelage."

"The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history."

"The university is the conscience of the nation."

"He who would seriously set upon the pursuit of truth must first prepare himself by mastering the science of ideas"

"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army"

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body"

"Our passions are our greatest teachers if we know how to listen"

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled"

"The purpose of education is to create free minds, not subservient ones."

"In education, the student who questions is more valuable than the one who merely accepts."

"In education, the best teacher is not one who gives answers but who teaches how to ask better questions."

"Knowledge is the foundation of virtue, and virtue is the foundation of happiness."

"True democracy requires an educated populace."

"Language is the instrument of thought, and clarity in thought requires clarity in speech."

"It is the duty of the human being to be cultured."

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

"Only the pain which passes through us is able to teach us."

"Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another."