Education Quotes

Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion; and if over a long time he habitually listens to music that rouses ignoble passions,... ...

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

The rattle is a toy suited to the infant mind, and education is a rattle or toy for children of larger growth.

The error of Socrates must be attributed to the false notion of unity from which he starts. Unity there should be, both of the family and of the state, but in some respects only. For there is a point at... ...

It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful or necessary, but because it is liberal or noble.

Learning can be hard at first, but the results are sweet.

It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits

Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated... ...

In educating the young we steer them by the rudders of pleasure and pain