Quotes About Education

As for the comparatively small class of violent crimes against persons, unconnected with any idea of gain, they were almost wholly confined, even in your day, to the ignorant and bestial; and in these days, when education and good manners are not the monopoly of a few, but universal, such atrocities are scarcely ever heard of.

The best place to find things: the public library.

Sono convinto che chi non legge resta uno stupido. Anche se nella vita sa destreggiarsi, il fatto di non ingerire regolarmente parole scritte lo condanna ineluttabilmente all'ignoranza, indipendentemente dai suoi averi e dalle sue attività.

In three months Ron read more than he had in his entire previous life. He felt his mind widen, his perceptions become more acute, for each book was a prism refracting the infinitely varied truths of experience. Some were telescopes; some microscopes.

I believe that anyone who doesn't read remains dumb. Even if they know how, failing to regularly ingest the written word dooms them to ignorance, no matter what else they have or do.

Après quatre mois d'emprisonnement, j'en sais plus sur la justice qu'après deux années d'université.

One must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly.

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied to being right that later on in life you are reluctant to accept that you are ever wrong, because you are defending not the idea but your self-esteem. (...) this terror of being wrong means that people have enormous difficulties in changing ideas.

That's so," said Eliza. "Vacation ends next month. I start Latin this year. They say it's awful. You decline nouns. All _I_ can say is, who wouldn't?

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

I learned much from my teachers, more from my books, and most from my mistakes.

The human mind has never invented a labor-saving machine equal to algebra.

There was a young man from Trinity, Who solved the square root of infinity. While counting the digits, He was seized by the fidgets, Dropped science, and took up divinity.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

There's no one quite like a special teacher, and no teacher quite as special as you.

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An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn't teach them how to make a life.

Summer vacation is the time when parents realize that teachers are grossly underpaid.

If thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.

Teachers touch the future.

Instead of being born again, why not just grow up?

If you have a college degree you can be absolutely sure of one thing... you have a college degree.