Quotes about Education
I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them through life against the shafts of impartial evidence.
When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn`t even ask.
No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
You don`t have to teach people to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman.
Kids who don`t eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.
High-income people spend a lot more than do average people on education and retirement savings. If we were trying to get clues about good gifts from what the rich do, then we should give people education and future consumption.
Listen to what others have to say. When you speak, you're only repeating things you already know. When you listen you learn.
Mistakes are not just opportunities for learning; they are, in an important sense, the only opportunity for learning or making something truly new.