A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.
Robert M. Hutchins
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A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be. -
Nature has always had more force than education. -
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it. -
I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.
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- Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.