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Education must be understood as growth, or the facilitation of growth.


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We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.

We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.



Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.



You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.

You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.



Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.



Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.



If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.



How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?

How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?



To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.



I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.

I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.



The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.

The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.





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Never so sure our rapture to createAs when it touch'd the brink of all we hate.



When they judge you, yawn.When they misunderstand you, smile.When they underestimate you, laugh.When they condemn you, ignore.When they envy you, rejoice.When they oppose you, prevail.

When they judge you, yawn.When they misunderstand you, smile.When they underestimate you, laugh.When they condemn you, ignore.When they envy you, rejoice.When they oppose you, prevail.



I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.



Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.



I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.



I once was the walrus, now I'm John.

I once was the walrus, now I'm John.



I found it a really refreshing change of pace to suddenly be completely directed. It was a type of collaboration that I don't normally have.

I found it a really refreshing change of pace to suddenly be completely directed. It was a type of collaboration that I don't normally have.



All I need are chocolates, credit card, and stilettos.

All I need are chocolates, credit card, and stilettos.



It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.



It's rare that you get to work with actors, female or not, where you all get along. Just because of the nature of humanity.

It's rare that you get to work with actors, female or not, where you all get along. Just because of the nature of humanity.




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