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A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.

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There were no object lessons, and the studies of bookkeeping and French were pursued (but never effectually overtaken.

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We shall one day learn to supersede politics by education. What we call our root-and-branch reforms of slavery, war, gambling, intemperance, is only medicating the symptoms. We must begin higher up, namely, in education.

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The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields for society. Such a school demands from the teacher that he be a kind of artist in his province.

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Too many of our children cannot read. Reading is the building block, and it must be the foundation for education reform.

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Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

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Inasmuch as every family is a part of a state, and these relationships are the parts of a family, and the virtue of the part must have regard to the virtue of the whole, women and children must be trained by education with an eye to the constitution, if the virtues of either of them are supposed to make any difference in the virtues of the state. And they must make a difference: for the children grow up to be citizens, and half the free persons in a state are women.

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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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I learn immediately from any speaker how much he has already lived, through the poverty or the splendor of his speech. Life lies behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of today. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy the language which the field and the work-yard made.

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In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

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Let us make education brave and preventive. Politics is an afterwork, a poor patching. We are always a little late... We shall one day learn to supercede politics by education... We must begin higher up, namely in Education.

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Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.

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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

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One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.

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Our youth should also be educated with music and physical education.

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The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true.

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The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

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I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.

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Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.

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Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new.

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