Quotes About Education

The question of 'nationalizing' a people is first and foremost one of establishing healthy social conditions which will furnish the grounds that are necessary for the education of the individual. For only when family upbringing and school education have inculcated in the individual a knowledge of the cultural and economic and, above all, the political greatness of his own country - then, and then only, will it be possible for him to feel proud of being a citizen of such a country.

Reading is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Its chief purpose is to help towards filling in the framework which is made up of the talents and capabilities that each individual possesses.

Experience coupled with reading is strong medicine for the mind.

Di estrema importanza è l'educazione della forza di volontà e di decisione. Lo Stato azionale dovrà darsi pensiero di creare una generazione matura alle supreme e massime decisioni che allora saranno prese nel nostro globo, infondere il senso ed il sentimento di razza, far conoscere perfettamente l'essenza e la necessità della purezza del sangue

excuse for our negligent attitude. But it is not so. What we call chauvinistic education - in the case of the French people, for example - is only the excessive exaltation of the greatness of France in all spheres of culture or, as the French say, civilization. The French boy is not educated on purely objective principles. Wherever the importance of the political and cultural greatness of his country is concerned he is taught in the most subjective way that one can imagine.

Pochi capiscono che l'insegnamento della storia non consiste nel mandare a memoria e recitare pappagallescamente date e fatti. Studiare la storia significa cercare le forze le quali conducono agli effetti che noi abbiamo davanti ai nostri occhi come fatti storici contemporanei. L'arte dell'imparare è ricordare l'essenziale e dimenticare il contingente

i will not "learn" politics but let politics teach me

El problema de la nacionalizacion de un pueblo consiste en crear sanas condiciones sociales como base de la educacion individual, solo aquel que haya aprendido en el hogar y escuela, aprecia la grandeza cultural, economica y politica de su propia patria, sentira el intimo orgullo de ser subdito de esa nacion, solo se puede luchar por aquello que se quiere, se quiere lo que se respeta y se respata unicamente lo que por lo menos se conoce.

purpose of teaching history is not the memorizing of some dates and facts, that the student is not interested in knowing the exact date of a battle or the birthday of some marshal or other

What is known as the Gymnasium to-day is a positive insult to the Greek institution. Our system of education entirely loses sight of the fact that, in the long run, a healthy mind can exist only in a healthy body. This statement applies with few exceptions, particularly to the broad masses of the nation.

Our system of education entirely loses sight of the fact that, in the long run, a healthy mind can exist only in a healthy body... In nearly every case, physical weakness is the forerunner of personal cowardice.

The extreme emphasis on purely intellectual education, and the consequent neglect of physical training, necessarily leads to sexual thoughts in early youth. Those youth whose constitutions have been trained and hardened by sports and gymnastics are less prone to sexual indulgence than those stay-at-homes who have been fed exclusively with intellectual fare... a healthy young man will have different expectations from a woman than those of a weakling who has been prematurely corrupted.

Ne yaz?k ki, hiçbir zaman "Bu adam ne yapabilir?" diye sorulmaz, "Ne öÄŸrenmiÅŸ, hangi okulu bitirmiÅŸ?" diye sorarlard?.

I learned much from the Order of the Jesuits.

what are called the middle schools is still very unsatisfactory. Few teachers realize that the purpose of teaching history is not the memorizing of some dates and facts, that the student is not interested in knowing the exact date of a battle or the birthday of some marshal or other, and not at all - or at least only very insignificantly - interested in knowing when the crown of his fathers was placed on the brow of some monarch. These are certainly not looked upon as important matters.

La llamada "intelectualidad" ve con infinito desdén a todo aquel que no pasó por las escuelas oficiales, para dejarse llenar de "sabiduría". Nunca se pregunta: ¿Qué sabe el individuo?, y sí: ¿Qué estudió? Para esas criaturas "cultas" más vale la cabeza hueca, bien protegida por títulos, que el muchacho más despierto.

Genialidade verdadeiramente é sempre inata, nunca fruto de educação ou estudos.

Le predisposizioni profonde dei popoli determinano gli effetti dell'influenza esterna. Ciò che conduce gli uni a crepare di fame, educa invece gli altri al duro lavoro

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

As in everything, nature is the best instructor.

An education is not something that you get, but something that you claim.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.