Education Quotes

"Recognize that everything that happens to you is an opportunity to practice virtue."

"Whenever you encounter adversity, remember it is your chance to practice virtue."

"The discipline of training and obedience is often the first privilege of that kind of life."

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

"Passion without learning is a ship without a rudder."

"Practice is the best teacher."

"As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, neither can the mind without education."

"The greatest obstacle to learning is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge held too firmly."

"A teacher's highest calling is not to provide answers, but to awaken the questioning spirit in others."

"To be truly educated is to understand not just what to think, but how to think about what you think."

"A child educated in critical thinking becomes a free person; a child trained only in obedience becomes a servant."

"To teach another is to engage in the greatest of all human endeavors: the transmission of consciousness itself."

"Education should cultivate the mind's capacity for rational thought."

"Those who apply themselves to reading the books of the pagan philosophers in order to acquire knowledge will learn much that is useful."

"The intellect is that which learns new things constantly."

"A man's measure is taken by the depth of his knowledge, not the length of his days."

"The natural desire to know is implanted in all humans by their Creator."

"The exercise of virtue requires both understanding and practice over time."

"The purpose of education is not to transport a certain number of facts to the student's head, but to make a difference in their thinking."

"The purpose of all study should be to know God better."

"If you desire improvement, be content to appear foolish and stupid regarding externals."

"True instruction teaches you not how to accomplish what you wish, but to regulate your wishes properly."

"Every student should strive to be like a sword being honed by the whetstone."

"The mind must be cultivated just as the soil is cultivated."

"Those who shame us are our teachers."

"The mind is not inherited; it is developed."

"The purpose of education is to develop character."

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

"These studies are a food to the youth, a pleasure to the old, an ornament in prosperity, a refuge and a solace in adversity."

"No one is so old as he who has outlived the capacity to learn."