The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.
I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.
I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.
To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.
If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.