Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later.
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
You can get all A's and still flunk life.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.
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