“As a child lives today, he will live tomorrow.” ~~ John Dewey
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This collection of education quotes was inspired by the following quote from William Butler Yeats:
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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“Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.” ~~ Henry B. Adams
“Nothing happens quite by chance. It’s a question of accretion of information and experience.” ~~ Jonas Salk
“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” ~~ Galileo
“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau
“The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.” ~~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” ~~ Albert Einstein
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your
thoughts take you.” ~~ James Allen
