Education Quotes

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence." "Don't just teach your children to read, teach them to question what they read" "We were not taught financial literacy in school. It takes a lot of work and time to change your thinking and to become financially literate." "The best way to make children good is to make them happy." "You can't have people saying that evolution is only an option among many. When you have scientific consensus, it’s always better than opinions." "When students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning." "There is no greater education than one that is self-driven." "People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific fact. This is a clear indication that temporarily, the inmates are running the asylum." "The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person using them." "The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children, the less sure they are which one is the best." "I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage." "If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books." "The doors of wisdom are never shut" "We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts and cultivate those" "I want my children to understand the world but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place" "I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things." "Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn." "The fate of nations depends on how they choose to birth and care for their children" "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child" "Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late"