Quotes about education
educational believe men
this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief instrument in effecting it. Thomas Jefferson
educational may able
for the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we may be able to engage. Thomas Jefferson
education government wish
no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government. Thomas Jefferson
educational men attention
I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man. Thomas Jefferson
educational boys men
the boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to them. Thomas Jefferson
educational spring character
in the spring he will attend your botanical course. his natural turn is very strongly to the objects of your two courses of lectures, and I hope you will have reason to be contended with his capacity & character. Thomas Jefferson
educational knowledge fields
the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind Thomas Jefferson
educational men law
the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbors, & to the public. Thomas Jefferson
educational book exercise
music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui. Thomas Jefferson
educational farmers
ours are the only farmers who can read Homer Thomas Jefferson
educational comfort
besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other. Thomas Jefferson
educational ignorance law
preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. Thomas Jefferson
educational knowledge thinking
I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness. Thomas Jefferson
educational philosophy italian
what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics. Thomas Jefferson
educational mind spirit
life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health. Thomas Jefferson
educational writing exercise
with respect to the distribution of your time the following is what I should approve. from 8. to 10 o'clock practise music. from 10. to 1. dance one day & draw another. from 1. to 2. draw on the day you dance, and write a letter next day. from 3. to 4. read French. from 4. to 5. exercise... Thomas Jefferson
educational book mind
Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind Thomas Jefferson
educational tired devil
Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in my life ... But the old-fellows say we must read to gain knowledge; and gain knowledge to make us happy and be admired. Mere jargon! Is there any such thing as happiness in this world? No... Thomas Jefferson
education country struggle
There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't. Steven Soderbergh
education men two
A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin. Tom Stoppard
education favour university
Personally I am in favour of education but a university is not the place for it. Tom Stoppard
educational parent church
And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest. Thomas Keneally
education people acquisition
I have no sympathy whatever with those who would grudge our workmen and our common people the very highest acquisitions which their taste or their time or their inclination would lead them to realize. Thomas Chalmers
education class training
A very large part of English middle-class education is devoted to the training of servants...In so far as it is, by definition, the training of upper servants, it includes, of course, the instilling of that kind of confidence which will enable the upper servants to supervise and direct the lower servants. Raymond Williams
education ideas knowledge-learning
Learning to learn is to know how to navigate in a forest of facts, ideas and theories, a proliferation of constantly changing items of knowledge. Learning to learn is to know what to ignore but at the same time not rejecting innovation and research. Raymond Queneau
education errors giving
Give me a fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself. Vilfredo Pareto
educational philosophy sun
If nobody loved, the sun would go out. Victor Hugo
education school common-sense
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. Victor Hugo
education appreciation teacher
He who opens a school door, closes a prison. Victor Hugo
education business men
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. Victor Hugo
education teacher want
If you don't want to be a teacher, you'd better get off this planet. Richard Bach
education what-matters people
Just because somebody drops in on you from another dimension, don't assume they're wiser than you about anything at all, or that they can do anything better than you can do yourself. Discarnate or mortal, what matters about people is what they know. Richard Bach
education learning-knowledge doers
Learning is finding out what you already know. Richard Bach