Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

Quote by Robert M Hutchins

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This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't...

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be...

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even...

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even...

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their...

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their...

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.

Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.

The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness.

The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness.

The three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for...

The three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for...

A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about...

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,...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will...

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will...

A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive...

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

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.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...