A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming it, enlarging it.

Quote by Parker J Palmer

Topics: Education Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of...

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Education is the ability to meet life's situations.

Education is the ability to meet life's situations.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in...

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in...

The highest result of education is tolerance.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom....

I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom....

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have...

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have...

It is a great honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Curators.

It is a great honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Curators.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.

If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.

If kids come to us [educators / teachers] from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes...

If kids come to us [educators / teachers] from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes...

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity.

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...