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Education has the power to shape minds, open doors, and transform lives. The following quotes capture the essence of learning, offering wisdom and insight from thinkers, leaders, and visionaries throughout history. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or lifelong learner, these words inspire reflection on the true value of education in our lives.   ◀ Back
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There was a new simplicity to what I did, a door that had opened before me to worlds I had not imagined. From where I sat, if you watched carefully you could marvel at it, like the impossible birth of a cottonseed or the slow rise of a wooden house: the steady construction of a man, built brick by brick from the shadow of a boy.
- Michael Johnston
In the Deep Heart's Core
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Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material improvement. Knowledge is a viaticum. Though is a prime necessity; truth is nourishment, like wheat. A reasoning faculty, deprived of knowledge and wisdom, pines away. We should feel the same pity for minds that do not eat as for stomachs. If there be anything sadder than a body perishing for want of bread, it is a mind dying of hunger for lack of light. All progress tends toward the solution. Some day, people will be amazed. As the human race ascends, the deepest layers will naturally emerge from the zone of distress. The effacement of wretchedness will be effected by a simple elevation level.
- Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
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It is the present living generation that gives character and spirit to the next. Hence the paramount importance of accomplished and energetic teachers in forming the taste the manners and the character of the coming age.
- Alexander Campbell
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Our experience of the governments of the world, our knowledge of the weapons at their disposal, and our awareness of our own limitations justify pessimism. But some mysterious factor deep in the human psyche has produced a countervailing conviction that educating, organizing, uniting, and acting will make a difference.
- David Dellinger
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Music and symbols, they're older than human race.
Prehuman beings used them to teach early mankind.
- Toba Beta
My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
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Dans les sociétés vernaculaires, l'éducation est homéotélique vis-à-vis de Gaïa
- Edouard Goldsmith
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People can be persuaded to desire almost anything, for a time, if they are constantly told that it is something to which they are entitled and which is unjustly withheld from them.
- T.S. Eliot
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
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The greatest problem in education is when there is a mistake, yet the teacher insists on it and refuses to accept the truths that expose that mistake.
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And I honestly believe that--certainly learning, but also the arts, and in the case of today's topic, the word, are the best way, the most efficient and powerful way for people to see each other, and for people to understand that we all live different lives, and that, as a species, honestly, we don't survive if we don't figure out how to hear, respect, and see each other. And I think that literature has superpowers to do that.
- Elizabeth Alexander
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As I reflect on the caste system today, I realize that while laws may change, the deeper transformation must occur in the human mind. The sense of hierarchy, of being superior or inferior by birth, cannot be erased merely through legal frameworks. It must dissolve through education, compassion, and spiritual awakening.
- Sajal Garg
Glimpses of My Worldview
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Topic: Education, Religion
I do not say that the past entirely governs the present, but I do maintain that we shall never satisfactorily understand the present unless we take the past into account.
- Marc Bloch
Strange Defeat
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The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.
- David Ausubel
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Nations rise not on military might but on justice, education, and equality. A strong defence protects borders, but a strong conscience protects civilisation. True strength is moral strength.
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Als je kinderen wereldwijd rangschikt op leesplezier, dan bungelen Nederlandse kinderen ergens onderaan. Ik denk dat ik wel weet hoe dat komt. We zeggen tegen kinderen dat het niet uitmaakt wat ze lezen, als ze maar lezen. Maar als het niet uitmaakt wat je leest, dan maakt het eigenlijk ook niet uit dát je leest. We brengen kinderen niets van schoonheid bij als het om literatuur gaat.
- Martin Bootsma
Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
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Topic: Education
Correction is the mothertongue of truth.
- Abhijit Naskar
Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
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The true downfall of our educational system was its insistence on teaching children what to think, rather than how to think. We fostered rote memorization over critical inquiry, making our graduates excellent data retrievers but poor problem-solvers.
- Unknown Author
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Every sustainable decision today honours future generations.
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Real innovation is accessible - it benefits everyone, not just a privileged few.
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We must prioritise effectiveness over elegance in community solutions.
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Topic: Education
Actions delivering genuine outcomes sustainably are always better than ambitious inaction.
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Topic: Education
Teaching children to read has been superseded by an emphasis on developing literacy, which includes text, but also using sound, pictures, video, and other media. Reading as I've construed it is hardly a part of literacy in this sense, its role being comparable to spelling or typing. Yet the reading education part—helping children to become skilled readers, to be motivated to read, and to be able to comprehend and interpret texts for various purposes—is not easy.
- Mark Seidenberg
Language at the Speed of Sight
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Topic: Education
Nee, als je het twintigste boek leest, dan neem je de kennis over de negentien boeken die je eerder hebt gelezen mee en breng je de boeken met elkaar in gesprek
- Martin Bootsma
Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
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Topic: Education
When key figures in the development of AI announce to the world, that our technology will consume us in the next two to three decades, perhaps we should listen.
- Anthony Merrydew
The Dumb Dumb's Handbook - To Artificial Intelligence: And It's Part in Your Downfall
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Topic: Education
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed.
- Linear Descent
Failure At Fifty: How Alcohol and Mental Illness Nearly Destroyed Every Aspect of My Life
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Topic: Education
There was a new simplicity to what I did, a door that had opened before me to worlds I had not imagined. From where I sat, if you watched carefully you could marvel at it, like the impossible birth of a cottonseed or the slow rise of a wooden house: the steady construction of a man, built brick by brick from the shadow of a boy.
- Michael Johnston
In the Deep Heart's Core
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Topic: Education
Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material improvement. Knowledge is a viaticum. Though is a prime necessity; truth is nourishment, like wheat. A reasoning faculty, deprived of knowledge and wisdom, pines away. We should feel the same pity for minds that do not eat as for stomachs. If there be anything sadder than a body perishing for want of bread, it is a mind dying of hunger for lack of light. All progress tends toward the solution. Some day, people will be amazed. As the human race ascends, the deepest layers will naturally emerge from the zone of distress. The effacement of wretchedness will be effected by a simple elevation level.
- Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
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Topic: Education
It is the present living generation that gives character and spirit to the next. Hence the paramount importance of accomplished and energetic teachers in forming the taste the manners and the character of the coming age.
- Alexander Campbell
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Our experience of the governments of the world, our knowledge of the weapons at their disposal, and our awareness of our own limitations justify pessimism. But some mysterious factor deep in the human psyche has produced a countervailing conviction that educating, organizing, uniting, and acting will make a difference.
- David Dellinger
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Music and symbols, they're older than human race.
Prehuman beings used them to teach early mankind.
- Toba Beta
My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
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Topic: Education
Dans les sociétés vernaculaires, l'éducation est homéotélique vis-à-vis de Gaïa
- Edouard Goldsmith
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Topic: Education
People can be persuaded to desire almost anything, for a time, if they are constantly told that it is something to which they are entitled and which is unjustly withheld from them.
- T.S. Eliot
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
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Topic: Education
The greatest problem in education is when there is a mistake, yet the teacher insists on it and refuses to accept the truths that expose that mistake.
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Topic: Education
And I honestly believe that--certainly learning, but also the arts, and in the case of today's topic, the word, are the best way, the most efficient and powerful way for people to see each other, and for people to understand that we all live different lives, and that, as a species, honestly, we don't survive if we don't figure out how to hear, respect, and see each other. And I think that literature has superpowers to do that.
- Elizabeth Alexander
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
As I reflect on the caste system today, I realize that while laws may change, the deeper transformation must occur in the human mind. The sense of hierarchy, of being superior or inferior by birth, cannot be erased merely through legal frameworks. It must dissolve through education, compassion, and spiritual awakening.
- Sajal Garg
Glimpses of My Worldview
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Topic: Education, Religion
I do not say that the past entirely governs the present, but I do maintain that we shall never satisfactorily understand the present unless we take the past into account.
- Marc Bloch
Strange Defeat
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Topic: Education
The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.
- David Ausubel
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Nations rise not on military might but on justice, education, and equality. A strong defence protects borders, but a strong conscience protects civilisation. True strength is moral strength.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Als je kinderen wereldwijd rangschikt op leesplezier, dan bungelen Nederlandse kinderen ergens onderaan. Ik denk dat ik wel weet hoe dat komt. We zeggen tegen kinderen dat het niet uitmaakt wat ze lezen, als ze maar lezen. Maar als het niet uitmaakt wat je leest, dan maakt het eigenlijk ook niet uit dát je leest. We brengen kinderen niets van schoonheid bij als het om literatuur gaat.
- Martin Bootsma
Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Correction is the mothertongue of truth.
- Abhijit Naskar
Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
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Topic: Education
The true downfall of our educational system was its insistence on teaching children what to think, rather than how to think. We fostered rote memorization over critical inquiry, making our graduates excellent data retrievers but poor problem-solvers.
- Unknown Author
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Every sustainable decision today honours future generations.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Real innovation is accessible - it benefits everyone, not just a privileged few.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
We must prioritise effectiveness over elegance in community solutions.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Actions delivering genuine outcomes sustainably are always better than ambitious inaction.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Teaching children to read has been superseded by an emphasis on developing literacy, which includes text, but also using sound, pictures, video, and other media. Reading as I've construed it is hardly a part of literacy in this sense, its role being comparable to spelling or typing. Yet the reading education part—helping children to become skilled readers, to be motivated to read, and to be able to comprehend and interpret texts for various purposes—is not easy.
- Mark Seidenberg
Language at the Speed of Sight
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Topic: Education
Nee, als je het twintigste boek leest, dan neem je de kennis over de negentien boeken die je eerder hebt gelezen mee en breng je de boeken met elkaar in gesprek
- Martin Bootsma
Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
When key figures in the development of AI announce to the world, that our technology will consume us in the next two to three decades, perhaps we should listen.
- Anthony Merrydew
The Dumb Dumb's Handbook - To Artificial Intelligence: And It's Part in Your Downfall
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed.
- Linear Descent
Failure At Fifty: How Alcohol and Mental Illness Nearly Destroyed Every Aspect of My Life
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Topic: Education
There was a new simplicity to what I did, a door that had opened before me to worlds I had not imagined. From where I sat, if you watched carefully you could marvel at it, like the impossible birth of a cottonseed or the slow rise of a wooden house: the steady construction of a man, built brick by brick from the shadow of a boy.
- Michael Johnston
In the Deep Heart's Core
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material improvement. Knowledge is a viaticum. Though is a prime necessity; truth is nourishment, like wheat. A reasoning faculty, deprived of knowledge and wisdom, pines away. We should feel the same pity for minds that do not eat as for stomachs. If there be anything sadder than a body perishing for want of bread, it is a mind dying of hunger for lack of light. All progress tends toward the solution. Some day, people will be amazed. As the human race ascends, the deepest layers will naturally emerge from the zone of distress. The effacement of wretchedness will be effected by a simple elevation level.
- Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
It is the present living generation that gives character and spirit to the next. Hence the paramount importance of accomplished and energetic teachers in forming the taste the manners and the character of the coming age.
- Alexander Campbell
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Our experience of the governments of the world, our knowledge of the weapons at their disposal, and our awareness of our own limitations justify pessimism. But some mysterious factor deep in the human psyche has produced a countervailing conviction that educating, organizing, uniting, and acting will make a difference.
- David Dellinger
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Music and symbols, they're older than human race.
Prehuman beings used them to teach early mankind.
- Toba Beta
My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Dans les sociétés vernaculaires, l'éducation est homéotélique vis-à-vis de Gaïa
- Edouard Goldsmith
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
People can be persuaded to desire almost anything, for a time, if they are constantly told that it is something to which they are entitled and which is unjustly withheld from them.
- T.S. Eliot
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
The greatest problem in education is when there is a mistake, yet the teacher insists on it and refuses to accept the truths that expose that mistake.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
And I honestly believe that--certainly learning, but also the arts, and in the case of today's topic, the word, are the best way, the most efficient and powerful way for people to see each other, and for people to understand that we all live different lives, and that, as a species, honestly, we don't survive if we don't figure out how to hear, respect, and see each other. And I think that literature has superpowers to do that.
- Elizabeth Alexander
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
As I reflect on the caste system today, I realize that while laws may change, the deeper transformation must occur in the human mind. The sense of hierarchy, of being superior or inferior by birth, cannot be erased merely through legal frameworks. It must dissolve through education, compassion, and spiritual awakening.
- Sajal Garg
Glimpses of My Worldview
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education, Religion
I do not say that the past entirely governs the present, but I do maintain that we shall never satisfactorily understand the present unless we take the past into account.
- Marc Bloch
Strange Defeat
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.
- David Ausubel
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Nations rise not on military might but on justice, education, and equality. A strong defence protects borders, but a strong conscience protects civilisation. True strength is moral strength.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Als je kinderen wereldwijd rangschikt op leesplezier, dan bungelen Nederlandse kinderen ergens onderaan. Ik denk dat ik wel weet hoe dat komt. We zeggen tegen kinderen dat het niet uitmaakt wat ze lezen, als ze maar lezen. Maar als het niet uitmaakt wat je leest, dan maakt het eigenlijk ook niet uit dát je leest. We brengen kinderen niets van schoonheid bij als het om literatuur gaat.
- Martin Bootsma
Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Correction is the mothertongue of truth.
- Abhijit Naskar
Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
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Topic: Education
The true downfall of our educational system was its insistence on teaching children what to think, rather than how to think. We fostered rote memorization over critical inquiry, making our graduates excellent data retrievers but poor problem-solvers.
- Unknown Author
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Every sustainable decision today honours future generations.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Real innovation is accessible - it benefits everyone, not just a privileged few.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
We must prioritise effectiveness over elegance in community solutions.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Actions delivering genuine outcomes sustainably are always better than ambitious inaction.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Teaching children to read has been superseded by an emphasis on developing literacy, which includes text, but also using sound, pictures, video, and other media. Reading as I've construed it is hardly a part of literacy in this sense, its role being comparable to spelling or typing. Yet the reading education part—helping children to become skilled readers, to be motivated to read, and to be able to comprehend and interpret texts for various purposes—is not easy.
- Mark Seidenberg
Language at the Speed of Sight
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Nee, als je het twintigste boek leest, dan neem je de kennis over de negentien boeken die je eerder hebt gelezen mee en breng je de boeken met elkaar in gesprek
- Martin Bootsma
Brieven aan Miyo: Over het lezen van de klassieken met kinderen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
When key figures in the development of AI announce to the world, that our technology will consume us in the next two to three decades, perhaps we should listen.
- Anthony Merrydew
The Dumb Dumb's Handbook - To Artificial Intelligence: And It's Part in Your Downfall
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed.
- Linear Descent
Failure At Fifty: How Alcohol and Mental Illness Nearly Destroyed Every Aspect of My Life
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Topic: Education
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