The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

An educated people can be easily governed.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.