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Education45 quotes
Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave. — Socrates · 375 BCNo one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchEducation is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. — Joseph Stalin · 1937The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful. — Socrates · 375 BCGenius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750All 45 quotes →Learning7 quotes
The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchLearning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleAll wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCAnd seek for truth in the groves of Academe. — Horace · 14 BCEducation is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. — B.F. Skinner · 1964All 7 quotes →Downsides of education6 quotes
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again. — Alexander Pope · 1711What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook. — Henry David Thoreau · 1850The mind of the thoroughly well informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. — Henry Adams · 1907By education most have been misled. — John Dryden · 1687Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. — Haile Selassie I · 1963Value of education5 quotes
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — AristotleLearning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate. — Democritus · 415 BCEducation is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. — Edward Everett · 1837Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life. — Proverbs 4:13 · 686 BCBooks2 quotes
My alma mater was books. — Malcolm X · 1965Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCEffects of education2 quotes
Education makes us what we are. — Claude Adrien Helvetius · 1758The highest result of education is tolerance. — Helen Keller · 1903Human destructiveness2 quotes
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — H.G. Wells · 1920Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. — Haile Selassie I · 1963Ignorance2 quotes
Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave. — Socrates · 375 BCA little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again. — Alexander Pope · 1711Prejudice and bias2 quotes
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education. — Charlotte Bronte · 1847Public education2 quotes
A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another. — John Stuart Mill · 1859We believe that out of the public school grows the greatness of a nation. — Mark Twain · 1900School of life2 quotes
I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I’d be twice as smart as everybody. — Calogero Anello · 1993A whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard. — Herman Melville · 1851Women's rights2 quotes
Why then should women be denied the benefit of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God Almighty would never have given them capacities. — Daniel Defoe · 1697I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God. — Mary Butts · 1937Conformity1 quote
A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another. — John Stuart Mill · 1859Credentialism1 quote
You don't need a certificate. Just do it or not do it. — Lawrence Weiner · 2015Current events1 quote
The mind of the thoroughly well informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Education as liberation1 quote
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. — John Maynard Keynes · 1926Education vs. wisdom1 quote
Much learning does not teach understanding. — HeraclitusFreedom1 quote
The advancement & diffusion of Knowledge, which is the only Guardian of true liberty. — James Madison · 1825Genius1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Going for it1 quote
You don't need a certificate. Just do it or not do it. — Lawrence Weiner · 2015Hard work1 quote
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100Hate1 quote
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994History1 quote
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. — John Maynard Keynes · 1926History of ideas1 quote
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. — John Maynard Keynes · 1926Human nature1 quote
Everything has its limit—iron ore cannot be educated into gold. — Mark Twain · 1906Human potential1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Information overload1 quote
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCInner city issues1 quote
You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won't matter. None of it. 'Cause they're not learning for our world; they're learning for theirs. — Howard "Bunny" Colvin · 2006Intuition1 quote
To trust your intuition is exactly the opposite of any sort of formal education. — Chris Burden · 1993Limits of education1 quote
Everything has its limit—iron ore cannot be educated into gold. — Mark Twain · 1906