Quotes About Education

What if man were required to educate his children without the help of talking animals.

All any child needs is the protection of loving parents and an alternative source of information.

If you teach your children nothing else, teach them the Golden Rule and "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey."

The difference between education and know-how is that one you pay for, the other you charge for.

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

A mere scholar, a mere ass.

That which others hear or read of, I felt and practised myself; they get their knowledge by books, I mine by melancholizing.

By teaching us how to read, they had taught us how to get away.

all winter, far into the night, we read books and we practised writing. 20.

Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.

If Hegel could not be taught to ordinary intelligent people, then I for one would not find reason to read him at all.

Teaching philosophy isn't what I do. Teaching philosophy is, sort of, what I am.

Does it make me a better person to read Cicero in the original? Cicero, for god's sake? The Alan Dershowitz of the Roman Republic?

the goal of an apprenticeship is not money, a good position, a title, or a diploma, but rather the transformation of your mind and character—the first transformation on the way to mastery. You

Rationality is not a power you are born with but one you acquire through training and practice.

The principle is simple and must be engraved deeply in your mind: the goal of an apprenticeship is not money, a good position, a title, or a diploma, but rather the transformation of your mind and character—the first transformation on the way to mastery.

The real purpose of the backward-glancing eye is to educate yourself constantly—you look at the past to learn from those who came before you.

Know How Little You Know

As children our minds were remarkably flexible. We could learn at a rate that far surpasses our adult capacities. We can attribute much of the source of this power to our feelings of weakness and vulnerability. Sensing our inferiority in relation to those older than us, we felt highly motivated to learn. We were also genuinely curious and hungry for new information. We were open to the influence of parents, peers, and teachers.

parents like to see themselves more as equals, with a bit more knowledge and experience, whose role is really to validate their children's feelings and make sure they are continually entertained and occupied. They are more like older friends. This same leveling dynamic applies to teachers and students, where learning must be fun.

There is much to be known, life is short, and life is not life without knowledge. It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody. Thus, by the sweat of another's brow, you win the reputation of being an oracle. (Baltasar Gracián, 1601-1658)

The same should apply to an entrepreneurial venture. Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

To learn requires a sense of humility.