Great Quotations on Education

The most recent edition of the Leadership Wired E-Newsletter contained some superb quotes on education. After reflecting on them, I recommend a couple of things:

1. Subscribe to Leadership Wired. It's free.
2. Spend some time reflecting on these quotes in light of your own perspective on learning.

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." ~ John Dewey

"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere." ~ Chinese Proverb

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." ~ Albert Einstein

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ~ Alvin Toffler

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~ William Butler Yeats

Comments

[Susan]

Another great one:

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."
~Martin Luther King Jr.

:) Thanks for your excellent site!

[David Zinger]

I always liked Neil Postman's thoughts on education. I believe he once wrote:

Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.