#education

"In so many ways we are still in the dark ages, but there is light appearing over the horizon of choice and consciousness."

"Being incarcerated is truly very serious, and it has changed my life to such an extent that breaking the cycle has become my sole focus. Jail is definitely not cool. Education is."

"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth."

"The quest for knowledge is passion to study."

"So what indeed! The lesson I myself learned over and over again when teaching at the college and then the prison was the uselessness of information to most people, except as entertainment. If facts weren't funny or scary, or couldn't make you rich, the heck with them."

"Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing."

"If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about."

"The author explains that some find recourse from injustice in literature and art but that these tend to deepen sensitivity to injustice rather than dull it."

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

"We are drowning in information but starving for knowledge and wisdom. Education ought to teach us not only how to make a living but also how to live."

"The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one."

"On ne naît pas femme: on le devient."

"Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference."

"Science is a careful investigation."

"I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me."

"In large part, we are teachers precisely because we remember what it was like to be a student. Someone inspired us. Someone influenced us. Or someone hurt us. And we’ve channeled that joy (or pain) into our own unique philosophies on life and learning and we’re always looking for an opportunity to share them—with each other, our students, parents, or in our communities."

"there is one right thing for the student to do, that is, to develop the habit of weighing worths, of sensing the relative values of the facts that he meets."

"[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are."

"Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on."

"Thank goodness my education was neglected."