“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” ~~ Malcolm Forbes
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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” ~~ Sydney J. Harris
“The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.” ~~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Education should not be intended to make people comfortable. It is meant to make them think.” ~~ Hanna Holborn Gray
“Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he learns and the way he understands it.” ~~ Soren Kierkegaard
“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” ~~ Napoleon Hill
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ~~ Groucho Marx
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” ~~ Richard Feynman
