Quotes On Education

Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests – not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.

The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don’t make up their minds, someone will do it for them.

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.