Quotes on Value Of Education

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.

There is no such thing as education. The thing is merely a loose phrase for the passing on to others of whatever truth or virtue we happen to have ourselves. It is typical of our time that the more doubtful we are about the value of philosophy, the more certain we are about the value of education. That is to say, the more doubtful we are about whether we have any truth, the more certain we are (apparently) that we can teach it to our children.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.