Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
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It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
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A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.