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" If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society. "

Sargent Shriver

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" You may be able to read Bernard Shaw's plays, you may be able to quote Shakespeare or Voltaire or some new philosopher; but if you in yourself are not intelligent, if you are not creative, what is the point of this education? "

Jiddu Krishnamurti

" Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. "

" Every educated person is a future enemy. "

" A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. "

" Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. "

College Education

" Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. "

" The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion. "

Katherine Dunham

" Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood education from a social policy issue into an economic imperative. "

" I myself owe everything to French books. They developed in my soul the sentiments of humanity which had been stifled by eight years of fanatical and servile education. "

Cesare Beccaria

" Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved. "

Giacomo Casanova

" Education is the development of power and ideal. "

W. E. B. Du Bois

" In my house, education was the paramount value. And if you grew up in a neighborhood like mine, you were forced to decide early on what you stood for in life, because there were a lot of peer pressures that could take you the wrong way. "

Kenneth Frazier

" Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development. "

Elizabeth Blackwell

" Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace. "

Barbara Mikulski

" Nature has always had more force than education. "

" We cannot learn men from books. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education. "

Callan McAuliffe

" Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. "

" With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.' "

" The willingness to learn new skills is very high. "

" Sometimes life limits your choices - rising tuition costs may put university out of reach, or like me, personal circumstances might simply make it difficult to complete your education. "

" Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. "

" America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few. "

" Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once so well-settled that we ceased asking them, are now up for grabs. What should young people be learning? And what sorts of credentials indicate they're ready for the workforce? "

" 'Make in India' is great, but 'Make It Happen in India' is even greater. Make It Happen in India is more than manufacturing. It's about training, about education, about societal development and automation and engineering. "

" Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight. "

Sargent Shriver

Change The World

" We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education and beyond. "

" I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you. "

" True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life. "

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe