Education

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

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

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is

Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they think

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well

If you consider what are called the virtues of mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation