Education Quotes

"To understand is to discover, or reconstruct by rediscovery, and such conditions must be complied with if in the future individuals are to be formed who are capable of production and creativity and not simply repetition" "To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days." "Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know." "Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general" "For the sake of knowledge and a better-informed public, it is necessary to celebrate a cult of the book, even and especially in these times of the book's accelerated commodification." "Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago " "The child who has increased his own independence with the acquisition of new capabilities, can do more and more things by himself. This is a child who has become a person who knows, thinks and acts spontaneously." "To aid life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself, that is the basic task of the educator." "Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission." "If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future." "Education must begin at birth." "Education demands only this: the utilization of the inner powers of the child for his own instruction." "The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon." "Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it" "Most of us live in neighborhoods that are segregated by race and income. Our politics reflect those boundaries. People who are educated don’t talk to people who are not. People who are religious don’t talk to people who are not. If we’re spending most of our time with people who look like us, think like us, talk like us, love like us - and learn like us - then we should consider that a problem and do something about it." "I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world." "You can teach someone to make music, but you can't teach them to be an artist." "The most important thing you can do is learn that you can learn." "Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance" "I can promise you that women working together linked, informed, and educated can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."