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.

Education begins with life.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own.

Don’t ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Education is the process by which the individual relates himself to the universe, give himself citizenship in the changing world, share’s the race’s mind and enfranchises his own soul.

Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name.

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves, and be free.

Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and schools need to emphasize this. We are no longer in a world where you need to go seek enlightenment, it is everywhere.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one to be able to do the right things at the time it has to be done.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a regue in adversity.

Education is all a matter of building bridges.