Education is...
One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not
get.
William Lowe Bryan (1860–1955) 10th president of Indiana University (1902 to 1937).
Hanging around until you've caught on.
Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) American poet.
One of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of
thought.
Bertrand A. Russell (1872-1970) English philosopher,
mathematician, and writer.
Man's going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful
uncertainty.
Kenneth G. Johnson (1922-2002) American educator, semanticist.
A form of self-delusion.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author, editor and
printer.
[A process] which makes one rogue cleverer than another.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the ignorant by
the incompetent.
Josiah Charles Stamp (1880-1941) British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker.
[Education] consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer.
Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we
have been taught.
George Savile, Marquis of Halifax (1633-1695) English
statesman and author.
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
Will Durant (1885-1981) U.S. author and historian.
A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of
some previously held belief.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) British dramatist, critic,
writer.
Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
Norman Douglas (1868-1952) British writer.
Education is the process of casting false pearls before real
swine.
Prof. Irwin Edman (1896–1954) American philosopher and educator.
continue the learning process as long as he lives.
Clay P. Bedford
Clay P. Bedford
Nice quotes Zeinab, although some are abit vague!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I liked the quotes by Savile and Durant.
They are so impressive.
It's true that education is what remains, and very little does! So we need to be working hard to contribute into our learners' "education", not only 'learning'.
Besides, what Durant says reflects that old Arabic saying that says, "One remains knowledgeable till he thinks he knew. Then, he is ignorant!" Yes, we need to be learning more and more, and always convinced that we still know a bit,if any!
This second quote is so important and it actually reflects my blog's title, I believe! :)