Education, study and knowledge

100 famous phrases and quotes about education

The pedagogy it is one of the foundations of our society. Therefore, from Psychology and Mind we present you a juicy collection of phrases about education and teaching.

Education is the theoretical-practical procedure by which a person acquires habits, methods, skills, beliefs and ethical principles in relation to certain knowledge. This knowledge is transferred and assimilated from generation to generation, throughout human history.

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Famous quotes about education 

But why is education important? Here, some of the keys ...

  • It enables us for life in society as well as for group coexistence through principles such as companionship and empathy, and practices such as collective cooperation.
  • It helps us to have a greater imagination and creativity.
  • Education is an elementary process in the correct structuring of the psyche, a key piece in cognitive and emotional maturation.
  • Teaches ethical and moral values.

Phrases about teaching

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1. Common sense is not the result of education (Victor Hugo)

But without a doubt, education is the fruit of common sense. We must not forget that he pushed us to teach other people

2. It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read (Ezra Taft Benson)

In a world where business literature floods the market, it is appropriate to have good judgment about what should and shouldn't be read.

3. The educator is the man who makes difficult things seem easy (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

That a student does not understand something does not have to be his responsibility, perhaps it is the fault of the educator who, as an issuer, does not know how to express himself. Hence the importance of knowing how to communicate. Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet of the transcendental trend.

4. Ignorance is the worst enemy of a people that wants to be free (Jonathan Hennessey)

Sometimes our rulers lock us the keys of knowledge. What do they want us not to know?

5. It is almost impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind (James Baldwin)

Education should always encourage its own critical thinking, but without falling into various dogmatisms.

6. Not all readers are leaders, but all readers become leaders (Harry S. Truman)

They say that knowledge is power. If you want to be a wise and complete leader, open yourself to the infinite doors of scholarship. Quote by Harry S. Truman, President of the USA.

7. We often give children answers to remember instead of problems to solve (Roger Lewin)

The traditional educational model is based almost solely and exclusively on memorizing without associating said knowledge with a why. Developing logic is important in turn to develop so-called critical thinking. If we only rely on memory when learning, What would differentiate us from a USB device?

8. If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are willing to learn, no one can stop you

Culture in the Western world is available to everyone, with its innumerable libraries, reading clubs, exchange or gift of books and of course, the Internet. If you do not want to read, it is your responsibility and no one else's.

9. Education is the path, not the goal

Education cannot be considered as a fixed and unalterable goal over time, this must be a tool for change.

10. Learning is a treasure that follows its owner throughout life

Indeed, brain he is very plastic; things that you think you did not remember suddenly you remember when you need to use that knowledge.

11. Without education you are not going anywhere in this world (Malcolm X)

Regulated education is an effective measure to promote social equality, as well as to reduce poverty and / or misery. Otherwise, a worker would not have the opportunity to change his status as a worker just because he was born into that social class.

12. If a child cannot learn the way we teach, perhaps we should teach how he learns

If an educational methodology does not work with a child, the logical thing is to try other methods. For example, in recent years more and more schools have been emerging specifically for dyslexic children.

13. Education is not a problem, education is an opportunity

This phrase about education is very substantial: education is not everything, but it is 50% of equal opportunities.

14. The best a father can give his son is a good education

A good parent knows that education doesn't just happen at school, but at home.

15. The biggest disadvantage you can have in your life is a bad education

There is a direct correlation between the poorest countries and the literacy rate. It's not by chance.

16. The educated man knows that education lasts a lifetime

Sometimes education is not only the compendium of knowledge you have, but the desire to learn more and more. That is something that no one can ever take away from you, curiosity.

17. A good education not only has to teach how to read, but what is worth reading

In a world where commercial literature of doubtful quality floods the market, it is essential to intuit, without falling into prejudices, what should and should not be read. So we are talking about having judgment and good taste.

18. In the long run, education is more valuable than money

Education opens the doors to having a comfortable financial situation, but it also opens the door to other things. Improving the world with your knowledge should be the gift you give to humanity.

19. The difference between a country that gives a good education and one that is not as great as that of countries of different centuries

For example, the Nordic countries, which are socially very advanced, are also the ones with the best educational system.

20. If you want to take advantage in life, start by working on your education

Education has always been associated with elegance and good work. The more you know, the better image you will have.

21. Education is the lifeblood of society. Without her I would be lost

If education had not started (in its simplest form) in prehistory, we would not have got to where we are.

22. A child with a lack of education is a lost child (John F. Kennedy)

If you don't get a good education from a young age, later it will be more difficult for you to learn. Jonh F. Kennedy, President of the United States from January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963.

23. A human being does not reach the highest heights of him until he is educated (Horace Mann)

Education is not only for children, it is a process that accompanies you until the end. Paradoxically to that, without education we could not squeeze our potential.

24. There is no school equal to a decent home and there is no teacher equal to a virtuous father (Mahatma Gandhi)

Good education begins at home, with the family. That is when we adopt our moral referents. Gandhi, Indian intellectual.

25. Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten (B. F. Skinner)

This phrase about education is very significant. Through education we train ourselves in faculties such as learning, logic, emotions, attention span, etc. Even if we do not remember a specific data or specific information, the ease of managing the aforementioned faculties well will always be much greater.

26. Good questions outweigh easy answers (Paul Samuelson)

Knowing how to ask good questions is also a reflection of a good education. Think before you ask!

27. Education builds trust. Trust breeds hope. Hope generates peace (Confucius)

Education has enormous potential to improve the world in absolutely every area. Confucius, Chinese thinker and philosopher.

28. He studies not to know one more thing, but to know it better (Seneca)

Sometimes a good education is not synonymous with quantity, but with quality. Seneca, Roman politician and chronicler.

29. Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity (Aristotle)

Indeed, education is not only a key tool for the advancement of humanity in contexts of social stability, but is also the shield that defends us in times of chaos and instability. Aristotle, Hellenic philosopher.

30. Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of a lifelong attempt to acquire it (Albert Einstein)

Education in school is very important but by itself, it is of little use. Good values ​​must be acquired at home, and the eagerness to acquire more knowledge is an exceptional value. Albert Einstein, German scientist.

31. The competitive advantage of a society will not come from how well multiplication and multiplication are taught in its schools. periodic tables, but on how well it knows how to stimulate imagination and creativity (Walter Isaacson)

Traditionally, the capacities associated with the right hemisphere have been highly undervalued by the traditional educational model. However, the theory of multiple intelligences helped to break that status quo and opened a new paradigm in educational theory.

32. Your bookstore is your paradise (Desiderius Erasmus)

Who has not been fascinated by the huge amount of books in a bookstore or library? Apparently, the humanist philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam was moved by such a vision.

33. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul (Joseph Addison)

Education is an ideal instrument to enhance the cognitive abilities that we all undoubtedly harbor. Never stop learning!

34. Desireless study spoils memory and does not retain anything that it takes (Leonardo da Vinci)

Without a doubt, we learn better and much more easily when we enjoy what we are studying. Otherwise, burn out in a matter of time. Our society should take note of the wise words of the Italian painter and philosopher Leonardo da Vinci.

35. Some people will never understand anything, because they understand everything too soon (Alexander Pope)

Intellectual pedantry, believing that one knows everything, or that he is very sure of what he knows, is possibly one of the moral burdens associated with education. We would do well to banish that vice.

36. Man is what he reads (Joseph Brodsky)

If we are what we eat, why can't we be what we read?

37. If I started my studies again, I would follow Plato's advice and start with mathematics (Galileo Galilei)

Mathematics is a suitable tool for developing logic in people's minds, according to Plato and Galileo Galilei.

38. Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned (Mark Twain)

Having a selective memory and "forgetting" knowledge that is irrelevant to us is also very important when it comes to acquiring new information.

39. Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army (Edward Everett)

For Edward Everett, education is key when it comes to preventing conflicts, both personal and social.

40. Life should be an incessant education (Gustave Flaubert)

We never stop learning, even indirectly. Gustave Flaubert, French novelist.

41. He who refuses to learn in his youth is lost in the past and is dead to the future (Euripides)

In tune with the previous sentence, we will always have the ability to learn and we will never lose it. However, it is also true that a key period for learning is childhood and adolescence, since the brain of children, when growing, is a "sponge" that absorbs all knowledge and value Social.

42. Education is not a substitute for intelligence (Frank Herbert)

Cognition is always a mix of innate potential and acquired potential. Frank Herbert, science fiction writer and author of the famous novel, Dune.

43. Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting (Edmund Burke)

Everything we read should be reflected on afterwards, and if it has a practical utility that can help you to develop in life, do not hesitate to use it.

44. Those who trust us educate us (George Eliot)

The story goes that the King of Spain, Carlos II, who was born with a certain mental deficiency, was neglected to educate him when he was ill, since they believed that it would be of no use. It is theorized that this could be fatal for the political outcome of the Spanish Empire when the monarch made bad decisions.

45. The task of the modern educator is not to cut down forests, but to irrigate deserts (C.S. Lewis)

Education must always revolve around a transversal axis that builds on the pre-existing. C.S Lewis, author and writer of The Chronicles of Narnia.

46. Only the educated are free (Epithet)

Education helps us to go further, to transcend the barriers imposed by society. Ultimately it helps us to break the chains that our mind is prey to.

47. A good teacher must know the rules, a good pupil, the exceptions (Martin H. Fischer)

Education is based on universal principles, and this must be transmitted to the student, but sometimes there are exceptions that confirm the rule, exceptions that must also be transmitted in a world where nuances are important.

48. Education does not create man, it helps him create himself (Maurice Debesse)

Some philosophers claim that existence precedes essence. Would education help us to build that essence of what they speak?

49. Wisdom does not come from age, but from education and learning (Anton Chekhov)

Although it is true that the older one can be wiser (by experience), it is not a determining factor and far from the only one. Regardless of age, education also plays an important role.

50. The highest activity that a human being can achieve is to learn to understand because understanding is to be free (Baruch Spinoza)

When one is aware of what he does and why he does it, the determination in that act of sheer will is stronger than ever. That is why we must not forget what the purpose of education is, applicable to both teachers and students.

51. I'd rather entertain and hope people learn something than educate people and hope people entertain themselves (Walt Disney)

Who says education can't be light and fun? Ask Walt Disney; his moralistic films have influenced (ideologically speaking) a multitude of children over many generations.

52. To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a threat to society (Theodore Roosevelt)

Knowledge without control is useless. We could well be generating cruel but no less intelligent people since, who or what guarantees us that they know how to use that knowledge correctly? Ethics, then, is the minimum that guarantees the proper use of a given education.

53. He who ceases to be a student has never been a student (George Iles)

Being a student implies having good study habits, acquired through practice.

54. Knowledge will give you the opportunity to make a difference (Claire Fagin)

As human beings we will always have differences, and those differences are what we must enhance to improve our own existence and that of society.

55. Only as we develop others do we have permanent success (Harvey S. Firestone)

To the extent that we create individuals capable of reasoning and critical thinking, the whole of society, as a whole, wins.

56. An educated person should know everything about something and something about everything (Cicely Veronica Wedgwood)

Should we aspire to be multi-talented people? Polymath was the highest Renaissance ideal. For example, Leonardo Da Vinci was a philosopher, inventor, watercolorist, biologist, builder, engineer, geologist, etc. He excelled in both arts and sciences.

57. Long is the path of teaching through theories, short and effective through examples (Seneca)

Practical examples are linked to experience and empirical experience is a basic methodology in learning. If you do not understand something, Don't be ashamed and ask for examples!

58. The risk comes from not knowing what you do (Warren Buffett)

Throughout history, a multitude of well-intentioned actions have ended in disaster because it was not really known what was doing, so it is good to reflect on things before embarking on an adventure and learn from your own experience and alien.

59. All life is a constant education (Eleanor Roosevelt)

This phrase about education is an especially famous quote that you should not forget. Until the day of our death we will always learn something, even if it is a trivial knowledge.

60. Education has produced a vast population capable of reading but unable to distinguish what is worth reading (G. M. Trevelyan)

The literacy index serves to compare how developed a society is, but it is by no means decisive. There are values ​​that should be associated with education in an intrinsic way, to train critical people.

61. I have never met a person so ignorant that he cannot learn something from her (Galileo Galilei)

You can always learn something from everyone. Absolute ignorance is only an abstraction of our mind.

62. Never consider study as an obligation, but as an opportunity to penetrate the beautiful and wonderful world of knowledge (Albert Einstein)

Perhaps the error of the current educational model is that it forces itself to know, but it does not teach itself to love knowing.

63. The ultimate goal of true education is not only to get people to do what is right, but to enjoy doing it; not only train hard-working people, but people who love work; not just knowledgeable individuals, but with a love of knowledge; not only pure beings, but with love for purity; not just righteous people, but hungry and thirsty for justice (John Ruskin)

A famous quote on education very much in line with the previous one. Education is not just a matter of quantity of knowledge, but of attitude.

64. Studying… means possessing masterful methods. Assimilating the work method does not mean strengthening it for your whole life: just start working and the same work will teach you (Máximo Gorki)

The very dynamics of learning facilitates the acquisition of knowledge as it is practiced. Phrase of Máximo Gorki, Soviet writer.

65. There is none who cannot be another's teacher in something (Baltasar Gracián)

Everyone has something to teach us. Don't waste the opportunity!

66. Plants are straightened by cultivation, men by education (J.J. Rousseau)

Education, in the Maslow's pyramidIt is a cross-cutting need that ends up influencing to a lesser or greater extent at all levels of the pyramid. It is not a basic need, but it is a basic right.

67. Asking questions is proof that you think (Rabindranath Tagore)

A curious mind does not stop asking questions, or questioning absolutely everything. Don't stop asking!

68. The mediocre educator speaks. The good educator explains. The higher educator demonstrates. The great educator inspires (William Arthur Ward)

Inspiration, as well as admiration, is one of the noblest feelings that human beings can experience.. If these feelings were evoked more in the educational system, we would have no limits.

69. The best weapon against ignorance is study (Rafael Escandón)

Ignorance is one of the great burdens that our society suffers, that is why we need you to train!

70. We must not always start with the first notion of the things that are studied, but with what can facilitate learning (Aristotle)

Before you start studying, design a good study plan. You will be less bored and your ability to assimilate the information will be much greater. Aristotle, Hellenic philosopher.

71. The principle of education is to lead by example (Turgot)

Leading by example is fundamental in educational methodology. Preventing inconsistencies between what is said and what is done is very important for any educator, be it a parent or teacher.

72. Life should be a continuous education (Gustave Flaubert)

It is a concept very repeated throughout history by different celebrities, but no less true. Whether you want it or not, life is a constant lesson.

73. The sovereignty of man is hidden in the dimension of his knowledge (Francis Bacon)

We will only be able to control the world if we are able to control ourselves, through education in its broadest definition.

74. Through ignorance we make mistakes, and through mistakes we learn (Roman Proverb)

Experience, as well as trial and error, are still phenomena linked per se to the educational phenomenon. Therefore, do not be afraid of being wrong, only then will you learn.

75. A lot of learning can fit into an empty head (Karl Kraus)

Knowing more or less has nothing to do with the individual's ability to learn. We all deserve a second chance to learn.

76. Only through education can man become a man. Man is nothing more than what education makes of him (Immanuel Kant)

Education is what does not differentiate us, in part, from animals. He is the basis of our civilization, without education we would have nothing of what we currently have.

77. Wise men learn a lot from their enemies (Aristophanes)

If even from enemies you can get something, how can you not learn from friends? Aristophanes, Greek comedian.

78. Education is the gala dress to attend the party of life (Miguel Rojas Sánchez)

If we are educated, we will be more prepared for the challenge of living.

79. Whenever you teach, teach at the same time to doubt what you teach (José Ortega y Gasset)

Skepticism, asking things two and three times, is a key value in a good education.

80. The goal of education is virtue and the desire to become a good citizen (Plato)

Indeed, we are citizens, and not subjects, in part thanks to the human rights that have developed in recent centuries. It is a fundamental right that we should make good use of.

81. You cannot teach a man anything; he can only help you find the answer within himself (Galileo Galilei)

Sometimes the answer is not in others, but within. Be introspective!

82. Do not avoid your children the difficulties of life, rather teach them to overcome them (Louis Pasteur)

An error in current education is that children are often infantilized more than they really are. Show them the world so they can transform it!

83. Good teachers are expensive; but the bad guys are even more so (Bob Talbert)

Ignorance is a price that is sometimes paid too high, so do not skimp on resources when it comes to education.

84. Who dares to teach, must never stop learning (John Cotton Dana)

Life is a constant learning, so always stay alert! You never know if you can learn something interesting.

85. The bigger the island of knowledge, the bigger the shores of wonder (Ralph M. Sockman)

Sometimes the more you learn, the less you know. Questions arise, questions that call into question what you took for granted. That is the mystery of knowledge!

86. The best way to make children good is to make them happy (Oscar Wilde)

The education goes through meeting the individual needs of children, including their motivations in relation to their abilities. Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and novelist.

87. The purpose of education is to increase the probability that what we want will happen (José Antonio Marina)

If you have the weight of a good education and you worry about maintaining it, you will leave less things to chance in your life.

88. Education consists of helping a child to bring her skills to reality (Erich Fromm)

Promoting the child's own abilities is something that must be taken into account when educating. Erich fromm, German psychologist.

89. What is given to children, children will give to society (Karl A. Meninger)

An educated society is undoubtedly a prosperous and happy society.

90. What is given to children, children will give to society (Karl. TO. Menninger)

The achievements of the future depend on the way in which the little ones are educated today.

91. Where there are children, there is the Golden Age (Novalis)

Childhood is a stage of constant exploration, hypothesis and the search for knowledge.

92. Where there is education there is no class distinction (Confucius)

Education is a way of betting on equality.

93. Being self-taught is the only type of education that exists (Isaac Asimov)

When you yourself are the engine of your own learning, it is unstoppable.

94. Change is the result of any true learning (Leo Buscaglia)

Everything we do throughout our learning processes results in a path of personal evolution.

95. A good teacher has to be able to put himself in the shoes of those who find it difficult to advance (Eliphas Levi)

An indication for teachers.

96. The noblest pleasure is the enjoyment of knowledge (Leonardo da Vinci)

Learning is not simply accumulating data, there is also an element of personal enjoyment.

97. The key to education is not to teach, it is to wake up (Ernest Renan)

As we receive education, we move to qualitatively different stages of knowledge.

98. What is learned from the roots is never completely forgotten (Seneca)

Meaningful learning makes what we have learned is linked to everything we already knew, consolidating itself in our memory.

99. Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world (Nelson Mandela)

One from the famous phrases about education that this politician and activist pronounced.

100. You are always a student, never a teacher (Conrad Hall)

Education does not end even in adulthood.

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