Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

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

The final goal of all human endeavor is the development of the human soul.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

A man without education is an incomplete being.

It's not enough to keep people in a static condition. We've got to give them lift.

Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.

The State is not in itself an end, but is only a means towards human development.

An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual, and the preparation of young people to understand the times in which they live.

Spiritual growth and spirituality always seem suspect to some people.

Man is born a tabula rasa; he must learn how to choose the ends that are proper for him and the means that he must adopt to attain them. All this must be done by his reason.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

Every day is a learning day.

I fervently believe that education is the key to moving forward.

As humans, we are constantly learning and changing and evolving, and I think that is so beautiful.

Everything's a learning experience.

That's what it's all about: learning and taking this journey. It's wonderful.

I personally believe in progress. I think one of the most debilitating and harming things you can do to a child is to keep them in the dark.

I want to tell the children of Kashmir that they should read, write, and learn and come to the mainstream.

I think people are better for having learned, even if they aren't happier.

It's important to see people as being on a journey.

I'm learning every day.

There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.

A human being is like a seed. Either you can keep it as it is, or you can make it grow into a wonderful tree with flowers and fruits.