Our whole life is but one great school; from the cradle to the grave we are all learners; nor will our education be finished until we die.
—Ann Plato, 1841Quotes
Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo.
—Matsuo Basho, c. 1685Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
—Mark Twain, 1893The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
—Wendell Berry, 1983To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
—John Buchan, 1940The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BCThe only function of a school is to make self-education easier.
—Isaac Asimov, 1974What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.
—Henry Adams, 1907Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890The highest result of education is tolerance.
—Helen Keller, 1903The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
—John Locke, 1695What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
—Joseph Addison, 1711One must love people a good deal whom one takes pains to convince or instruct.
—Mary de la Riviere Manley, 1720