The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his own education

Quote by John W Gardner

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Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle...

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle...

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is...

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.