The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.

Quote by Alan Gregg

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Experience Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Traditions Quotes

A good education should leave much to be desired.

A good education should leave much to be desired.

A good education should leave much to be desired

A good education should leave much to be desired

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science...

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science...

Knowledge is not vast collection of academic degrees, but the right empowerment of open mind...

Knowledge is not vast collection of academic degrees, but the right empowerment of open mind...

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the...

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the...

Higher education cant be a luxury, its an economic imperative that every family in America...

Higher education cant be a luxury, its an economic imperative that every family in America...

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn...

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Respect old people: they graduated highschool without Google or Wikipedia!

Respect old people: they graduated highschool without Google or Wikipedia!

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

Education is the fire-proofer of emotions

Education is the fire-proofer of emotions

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.