“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” ~~ Aldous Huxley
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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“Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.” ~~ Regina Brett
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” ~~ John Wayner
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” ~~ Anne Frank
“Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.” ~~Deborah Meier
“Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.” ~~ Abigail Van Buren
“With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” ~~ Edgar Allan Poe
“The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves.” ~~ Joseph Campbell
