“Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.” ~~Deborah Meier
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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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“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
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau
“He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.” ~~ M.C. Escher
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ~~ Albert Einstein
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.” ~~ Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter, by J. K. Rowling in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
