education

"There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.""And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.""And yours,"he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them."

"Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge."

"The greatest knowledge is to know thy Creator and thy soul."

"The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love."

"When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved."

"Self-education is the greatest self-liberation."

"It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic coaching for his scholastic difficulties."

"I have the impression that our children are much more excited about going to school than children in other countries are. They think of it as a special privilege. Going to school, being with other children, getting books and pencils - all of that is like a dream for them."

"I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader."

"Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man."

"Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence."

"Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out."

"Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the first classes by reading to them from poetry and religious texts. "Reading, literature, and spirituality are good for the soul,"he told them. "So we will start with these studies."

"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."

"...talent is evenly distributed. You never know how many talented people are out there until you invite and inspire them to be creative."

"Most doctors are prisoners of their education and shackled by their profession."

"Shouldn't we also ask ourselves what the consequences are of scrambling to provide the "most"of everything to our children in a world of fast dwindling resources?"

"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."

"To find a focus, learn to love and dream."

"As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher."