"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead. "
Aristotle

"Education is the process by which the individual relates himself to the universe, gives himself citizenship in the changing world, share’s the human race’s mind and enfranchises his own soul. "
John H. Finley

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
Malcolm Forbes

"The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others."
Tryon Edwards

"Education is what survives after what has been learned has been forgotten."
B. F. Skinner

Thoughts on Education…

"Education is the transmission of civilization."
Ariel Durant

"The fate of empires depends on the education of the youth."
Aristotle

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
Benjamin Franklin

"The main thing needed to make men happy is intelligence…and it can be fostered by education."
Bertrand Russell

"The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values."
Dean William R. Inge

About Education…

"Education: A debt due from present to future generations."
George Peabody

"Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe."
H. G. Wells

"Only the educated are free."
Epictetus

"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."
Edward Gibbon

"Self education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."
Isaac Asimov

A Wise Student Never Takes an Education for Granted…

"Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit."
Aristippus

"Education is the best provision for old age."
Aristotle

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts; heroes are made by believing."
Benjamin Disraeli

"Education is a chest of tools."
Herbert Kaufman

"You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."
Spike Lee

This page was written and compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.