Education n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.