Education Quotes

"The pursuit of knowledge without the cultivation of virtue is like the growth of a poisonous weed."

"The mind of a child is like fresh soil; what we plant there will bloom for a lifetime."

"The purpose of education is to prepare souls for communion with God."

"It is impossible for a person to learn what he thinks he already knows."

"True education is the art of making use of leisure."

"He who blames others has not yet begun his education."

"Leisure without study is death."

"It is precisely in times when you are forcibly prevented from working that you ought to seize the opportunity to improve yourself by study."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever."

"Perfect himself by practice in the virtues day by day."

"A mediocre student will learn only what is taught; the excellent student will learn what is not."

"Ignorance is the root of all misery and the chains that bind humanity to darkness."

"Learning from the ancients is not servitude but the inheritance of human wisdom."

"The educated mind sees connections where the uneducated see only isolated facts."

"The pretense of knowledge is the greatest obstacle to discovery."

"The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn."

"To know nothing of what happened before you were born is to remain always a child."

"A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation."

"Leisure without study, reading without reflection, travels without accompanying observations, are a waste of time."

"The natural desire of man is for knowledge."

"The habits we form during our youth shape the character of our entire lives."

"Human nature is perfected through education."

"Leisure without study is death; it is a tomb for the living man."

"If you would improve, be content to seem foolish in the eyes of others."

"The proof of sound instruction is not eloquence, but the transformation of the student's character."

"It is not the stomach that needs filling but the mind's hunger for knowledge."

"The mind is like fire; it must be fed and carefully tended."

"The mind is best occupied when it is engaged in matters of great importance."

"Not all learning is valued by books; much comes from the school of life."

"You are never too old to learn something new."