William Hazlitt Quotes

Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.

So few grow, because so few study.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn

A good education should leave much to be desired.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am.

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

I can't say it enough that learning how to learn is one of the greatest skills anyone can have. It's why I advocate that everyone go to college.

Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance

I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, "Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.

Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books." You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man.

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.

Education turns an empty mind into an open mind. It turns information into behavioural transformation

Every head should be cultivated.

The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser.

Learning . . . is - also an end in itself.

Education is the single most important job of the human race.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

I feel like I've been out of high school forever. So I just read to keep my mind going.

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.