Quotes About Education

Sakim had taught me to be wary of evidence given by others, for in all evidence there is some interpretation. The eyes see, the mind explains. But does the mind explain correctly? The mind only has what experience and education have given it, and perhaps that is not enough. Because one has seen does not mean one knows.

I've learned a little, but I know there is so much more. My father always said that was the wonderful thing about learning, that there was no end to it.

I am one who lives to learn.

next to the Bible more great men had read Plutarch than any other book.

Some folks think that being smart in the books is the only kind of smart, but that just isn't so. Men learn a lot by doin', and they learn by listenin' to what others say, but when a man is workin' on a farm or walkin' in the woods or ridin' across country, he can do a lot of thinking. Many a man who reads a lot just repeats what he's read, and not what he thinks.

There is no reason why anyone cannot get an education if he or she wants it badly enough and is persistent.

I despise no learning, Sakim.

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

If I were asked what education should give, I would say it should offer breadth of view, ease of understanding, tolerance for others, and a background from which the mind can explore in any direction. Education should provide the tools for a widening and deepening of life, for increased appreciation of all one sees or experiences. It should equip a person to live life well, to understand what is happening about him.

Is a man ruled by his own free will, or is he a composite of all his experiences, his education and heredity?

And at night," I added, "a man is too tired. I fall asleep over my books, but we must read, not only for what we read but for what it makes us think. Shaping a country is not all done with the hands but with the mind as well.

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The Bible, of course, for aside from religion there is much to be learned of men and their ways in the Bible. It is also a source of comments made, of references and figures of speech. No man could consider himself educated without some knowledge of it.

for in all evidence there is some interpretation. The eyes see, the mind explains. But does the mind explain correctly? The mind only has what experience and education have given it, and perhaps that is not enough. Because one has seen does not mean one knows.

Son, it isn't how many books you read, it's what you get from those you do read.

The biggest undergraduate major by far in the United States is business. Twenty-two percent of all bachelor's degrees are awarded in that field. Ten percent of all bachelor's degrees are awarded in education.

organized study deadens the mind, and that genuine insight arises spontaneously from the individual soul.

Dana raised her hand. I learned about exaggeration, she said. It was all my teacher ever talked about. We had like ten thousand tests on it, and the teacher would kill you if you didn't spell it right. That's very good, Dana! said Mrs. Jewls. You learned your lesson well.

They had never had a nice teacher. They were terribly afraid of nice teachers.

Wait a second. I don't have to tell you. You already know. Todd was sent to your school.

Sam wasn't allowed to attend classes because he was a Negro

Your parents are just trying to do what's best for you, said Carla. A lot of people think counselors don't belong in schools. She shrugged. I guess they're afraid I might full your head with all kinds of crazy ideas.

Who's Mary Bopkins? asked Mrs. Jewls. Was she famous? Why? asked Miss Zarves. Does your class only study famous people? Do you think famous people are more important than people who aren't famous?

Allison," said Mrs. Jewls. "You learned a very important secret today, and I don't want you to tell any of the other children, not even Rondi." "What was that?" asked Allison. She didn't even know she had learned a secret. She loved secrets. "You learned that children are really smarter than their teachers," said Mrs. Jewls. "Oh, that's no secret," said Allison. "Everybody knows that.