But were you to give up that impossible idea [of security] and focus on
freedom, on connection, on compassion—I tell you, it’s a glorious life!
—Eve Ensler, quoted by Marianne Schnall
freedom, on connection, on compassion—I tell you, it’s a glorious life!
—Eve Ensler, quoted by Marianne Schnall
You must train the children to their studies in a playful manner, and
without any air of constraint, with the further object of discerning
more readily the natural bent of their respective characters. —Plato,
The Republic
without any air of constraint, with the further object of discerning
more readily the natural bent of their respective characters. —Plato,
The Republic
Such ignorance. All the boys were in military schools and all the girls
were in the convent, and that’s all you need to say about it. —Katherine
Anne Porter, quoted by Henry Allen, Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles),
1974
were in the convent, and that’s all you need to say about it. —Katherine
Anne Porter, quoted by Henry Allen, Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles),
1974
To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s
soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there,
and that is not what I call education, I call it intrusion …. —Muriel
Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1961
soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there,
and that is not what I call education, I call it intrusion …. —Muriel
Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1961
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
—Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907
—Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907
Anyone who would attempt the task of felling a virgin forest with a
penknife would probably feel the same paralysis of despair that the
reformer feels when confronted with existing school systems. —Ellen
Key, The Century of the Child, 1909
penknife would probably feel the same paralysis of despair that the
reformer feels when confronted with existing school systems. —Ellen
Key, The Century of the Child, 1909
When I was in high school, I was in the French club. We didn’t really
do anything. Once in a while, we’d surrender to the German club.
—Brian Kiley, Jokes, Getlen
do anything. Once in a while, we’d surrender to the German club.
—Brian Kiley, Jokes, Getlen
Education is that which remains if one has
forgotten everything else he learned in school.
—Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years, 1950
forgotten everything else he learned in school.
—Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years, 1950
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