#education

"Increasing pressure on students to subject themselves to ever more tests, whittling themselves down to rows and rows of tight black integers upon a transcript, all ready to goose-step straight into a computer."

"Education is the light switch for the mind. You have to turn it on to see the world in your own way."

"Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do."

"A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm."

"Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of."

"An educated mind is a questioning mind. Or is it?"

"Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education."

"A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him."

"Let education kindle only those which are truly beneficialto the human species; let it favour those alone which are really necessary to the maintenance of society. The passions of man are dangerous, only because every thing conspires to give them an evil direction."

"Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them."

"A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning."

"I want to open up a School of Cannibalism. It’ll be a feeder school for top law schools."

"Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't."

"You go to school everyday. Folks who think they've learned everything they need to know are usually dumber than chickens."

"My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding."

"Life is three hours journey; childhood, adulthood & old-hood; filled with inspiration, perspiration and desperation."

"Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students."

"Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers."

"We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness..."

"In sum, then, "thinking about thinking"has to be a principal ingredient of any empowering practice of education."