Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.

An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.

The function of Nayee-Talim is not to teach an occupation, but through it to develop the whole man.

By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.

There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations

My subject is the educated imagination, and education is something that affects the whole person, not bits and pieces of him .

Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty, how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.

The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings

The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.

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

Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.

When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts.

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities.

The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Education made us what we are.

Education is the manifestation of perfection present already in man.

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it .... For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

Education is the development of power and ideal.

Education from the lowest to the highest form must have for its object the training of the individual so that, in seeking the fullest satisfaction of his own nature, he will harmoniously perform his function as a member of a corporate society.

We need education across the board on all fronts.

Every human being is born an heir to an inheritance to which he can succeed only in a process of learning.