The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.
I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.
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