In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That’s what I call a liberal education.

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

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.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That’s one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.