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

Quote by Parker J Palmer

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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...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

According to Wikipedia, the longer your Starbuck's drink order, the less of a man you...

According to Wikipedia, the longer your Starbuck's drink order, the less of a man you...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

When we escaped from Cuba, all we could carry was our education.

When we escaped from Cuba, all we could carry was our education.

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place,...

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place,...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.