"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."

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"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."

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"Every child must be taught how to think, read and write."

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"Feeding the poor will not eradicate poverty, but feeding the mind with true education will."

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"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

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"Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."

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"First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law."

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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

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"Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book."

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"In prison it must be made rich Library, people must educate their self there. Not to go stupid and more."

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"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

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"A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered; about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals."

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"To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect."

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"It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches."

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