education quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."
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"Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors."
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"There's not a single subject you can't understand with perseverance and the occasional stretch of hard work. Resolve yourself to not giving up. Make plans for how you will learn. Be forgiving of yourself if you need to take a lot of time and mark your progress as you go along."
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
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"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school."
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"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life."
632
"If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life."
634
"No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education."
635
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
600
"Education is not the learning of facts, it’s rather the training of the mind to think."
605
"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."
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