Education Quotes

"I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."

I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and... ...

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

"The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge."

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls every movement of the citizens and, keeping them under a perpetual servitude, wants them to grow accustomed to... ...

There's a true schizophrenia where if you say to voters, you know, do you think the federal government spends too much money and they should spend less, they say yeah, absolutely. Then you name specific things, like Pell grants for... ...

Wonder implies the desire to learn.

"Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself."

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.