Education/Learning/Knowledge
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"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself." Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)
"Many people reach their conclusions about life like lazy school children. They copy the answers from the back of the book without troubling to work out the sum for themselves." Soren Kierkegaard
"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either." Marshall McLuhan
"Ninety percent of everything we know has been passed along through story." Laurens van der Post, Anthropologist [May 27, 2011
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"To repeat what others have said requires education. To challenge it requires brains." Mary Pettibone Poole
"He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without diminishing mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me." Thomas Jefferson
"Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual." Arthur Koestler, novelist and journalist (1905-1983)
"Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand." Stanislaw J. Lec, poet and aphorist (1909-1966)
"He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that." John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (1806-1873)
"The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher. We need to educate our children for their future, not our past..." Arthur C. Clarke [May 05, 2010
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"If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us." Anonymous
"Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both." Abraham Flexner, educator (1866-1959)
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." Vincent van Gogh
"I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book." Groucho Marx
"The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else." Randy Pausch
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin
"A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894)
"Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited." Margaret Mead
"While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about." Angela Schwindt
"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war." Maria Montessori
"How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?" Paul Sweeney
"Whoever controls the image and information of the past determines what and how future generations will think; whoever controls the information and images of the present determines how those same people will view the past." George Orwell, 1984
"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards." Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it." Samuel Johnson
"Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect." Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860)
"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance." Franklin P. Jones
"There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have." Don Herold
"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something." Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
"The human brain is unique in that it is the only container of which it can be said that the more you put into it, the more it will hold." Glenn Doman
"The supreme art of the teacher is to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein
"The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'" Maria Montessori, educator (1870-1952)
“My two favorite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.” Peter Golkin, museum spokesman (1966- )
"In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated." Margaret Halsey, novelist (1910-1997) [May 21, 2007
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"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." Winston Churchill
�Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.� Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860)
"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have." Lee Iacocca, automobile executive (1924- ) “Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man, and studying all the various editions of them.” Philip Dormer Stanhope, statesman and writer (1694-1773)
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge." Albert Einstein
“Education is the best provision for old age.” Aristotle, quoted in Lives of Eminent Philosphers, book V, sec. 21 by Diogenes Laertius
“You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who have ever been alive.” James Baldwin, writer, (1924-1987)
“In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” Baba Dioum
“In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.” Margaret Halsey, novelist (1910-1997)
“In our fast-paced knowledge economy, it has become commonplace to observe that learning is the only lasting competitive advantage.” Jay Cross
“Imagination and its offspring, creativity and innovation, may not be tangible assets like oil or gold. They cannot be bought or sold. They belong to everyone and are essential to what it is to be human. They can be nourished or depleted. They can be renewed or dissipated. The most abundant, least expensive, most underutilized, and frequently abused resource in the world today is human ingenuity.” Dawna Markova, Smart Parenting Revolution
“America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.” Jane Addams
“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.” Mortimer Adler “In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator and author (1902-2001)
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert Frost US poet (1874 - 1963
“Either a soul is cheerful by nature, or is made cheerful by work, love, art and knowledge.” Friedrich Nietzsche “Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.” James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
“The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.” Bishop Mandell Creighton
“To nourish and raise children against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.” Marilyn French
“Grasp the subject, the words will follow.” Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and writer (234-149 BCE)
“There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things, and because it takes a man's life to know them, the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.” Ernest Hemingway
“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother” Albert Einstein
“Adapting to technology is a matter of confidence; one's true willingness to explore and learn is sufficient to be 'in on it.'” Andrew Niculescu
“A teacher who is attempting to teach, without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering on a cold iron.” Horace Mann, educational reformer (1796-1859)
“There may be no more pleasing picture in the world than that of a child peering into a book--the past and the future entrancing each other.” Roger Rosenblau
“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.” Sir Walter Scott
“A true teacher does not explain--he invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.” Raymond
Inmon
“Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” Henry Peter Brougham [May 17, 2004
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“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.” Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1672-1719)
“A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.” Patricia Neal
“If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.” Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE)
“I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.”
Dudley F. Malone (1882-1950) American diplomat
“Each second we live in a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that never was before and will never be again. And what do we teach our children in school? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? You should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are unique. In all the world there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed there has never been a child like you. And look at your body--what a wonder it is! Your legs, your arms, your cunning fingers, the way you move! You may be a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel.” Pablo Casals (1876-1973) Spanish cellist, conductor, composer
“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.” Edward Morgan Forster
“Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.” Neil Postman, professor and author (1931- ) [May 27, 2003
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“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” Leo Buscaglia, author (1924-1998)
“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Joseph E. O'Donnell
“Have the courage to do things you are not an expert at, try things that you are totally unsure about, have the courage to stick with it once you start and learn from every step that you take until your particular goal is reached. Even if your goal is never reached, it is a learning process that will enhance your life.” Walter Payton (1954-1999)
“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.” Aristotle
A reporter commented on Einstein's genius, to which Albert replied, “You don't understand. Everyone is a genius, but if you grade a fish at tree climbing, he'll think he's stupid. Sadly, the student with the best memories receives the highest grades. That makes as much sense as giving the highest grade to the tallest student. I was successful because I refused to waste time memorizing anything. That destroys creativity and imagination and discourages thinking. Know where to find the information and how to use it--That's the secret of success.”
“A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.” R. Inman
“What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.” Henry Adams
“You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do.” Norman Juster
“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” Chinese proverb
“Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money--in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.” Bel Kaufman
“The schools of the country are its future in miniature.” Tehyi Hsieh (Chinese Epigrams Inside Out and Proverbs)
“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.” Carl Rowan
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself to do the thing you have to do when it ought to be done whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a person's training begins, it is probably the last lesson a person learns thoroughly.” Thomas Huxley
“We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.” Margaret Mead
“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.” Winnie-the-Pooh
“The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.” Rosalyn S. Yalow
“Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney J. Harris [May 23, 2002
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“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.” Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE)
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” G.K. Chesterton
“The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever.” Louis L'Amour, 1908-1988, American Western Author |
