Archive for the ‘Knowledge & Learning’ Category

A. A. Milne on Knowledge & Learning

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

- A. A. Milne

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Gilbert K. Chesterton on Knowledge & Learning

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Sydney J. Harris on Knowledge & Learning

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

- Sydney J. Harris

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Emma Goldman on Knowledge & Learning

Monday, July 7th, 2008

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

- Emma Goldman

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B. F. Skinner on Knowledge & Learning

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

- B. F. Skinner

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Cornelius Vanderbilt on Knowledge & Learning

Monday, June 16th, 2008

If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.

- Cornelius Vanderbilt

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A. A. Milne on Knowledge & Learning

Friday, May 30th, 2008

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

- A. A. Milne

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Ambrose Bierce on Knowledge & Learning

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

- Ambrose Bierce

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Aristotle on Knowledge & Learning

Monday, January 14th, 2008

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

- Aristotle

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Gilbert K. Chesterton on Knowledge & Learning

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

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

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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