I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them. -Kailash Satyarthi 609
“Dont have money or an education? Don’y give up on your dreams of financial freedom. First change your attitude. Next, take action. “ 860
Until we’re educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of thins to do. 647
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. 688
In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education. 667
A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought. 692
In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible. 682
My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics – they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled – even though it meant budgeting like crazy. 652
I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people. 2.54K
A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. 621
To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don’t have the education. 2.56K
English girls’ schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards of women which has taken place in the last half-century. 1.31K
Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college. 706
I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things – I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of. 679
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. 1.52K
Where the private sector, or anyone else, has skills, knowledge and resources that can help to deliver a high quality of education and to raise standards, we should use them. 570
The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain. 577