Education quotes
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"Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think."
"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world."
"The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done."
"Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
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"The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done-men who are creative, inventive, and discovers. The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept everything they are offered."
"Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward the infinite future."
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."
"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."
"Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new."
"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."
"The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way."
"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
"Knowledge is power." Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life."
"The classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility. In that field of possibility we have the opportunity to labor for freedom, to demand of ourselves and our comrades, an openness of mind and heart that allows us to face reality even as we collectively imagine ways to move beyond boundaries, to transgress. This is education as the practice of freedom."
"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
"Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything."
"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."
