“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” ~~ Doris Lessing
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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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“Children need models rather than critics.” ~~ Joseph Joubert
“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity.” ~~ Samuel Ullman
“I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.~~ Martha Washington
“The road to wisdom? Well, it’s plain and simple to express: Err and err again but less and less and less.” ~~ Piet Hein
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~~ Sir Winston Churchill
“Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.” ~~ Tallulah Bankhead
“Truth burns up error.” ~~ Sojourner Truth
