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It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
—Albert EinsteinThe function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.
—Martin Luther King, JrIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
—AristotleEducation is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
—WB YeatsEducation is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.
—BF SkinnerThe philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
—Abraham LincolnA person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.
—Mark TwainEducation is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
—John DeweyEducation’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
—Malcolm ForbesEducation without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
—CS LewisEducation is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
—Edward EverettLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
—Mahatma GandhiA wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
—Bruce Lee
(This story appears in the 28 February, 2020 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)