Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'
Copy Quote View & ShareThe principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.
Copy Quote View & ShareWe are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.
Copy Quote View & ShareGlobal education is not a zero-sum game. The rise of universities in Asia will be a benefit to the entire world.
Copy Quote View & ShareWe will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.
Copy Quote View & ShareAs technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
Copy Quote View & ShareWe will hire someone with less experience, less education, and less expertise than someone who has more of those things and has a rotten attitude. Because we can train people. We can teach people how to lead. We can teach people how to provide customer service. But we can't change their DNA.
Copy Quote View & ShareHow do we merge entertainment and education? We live in a world where entertainment wins, but if entertainment can have an educational heart, then we can really change people's lives.
Copy Quote View & ShareEducation and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.
Copy Quote View & ShareMusic - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe unit of effectiveness of education is not the individual but the group. An individual's moral values are primarily important for society as they contribute to a moral social climate, not as they induce particular pieces of behavior.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn Cambodia, education is really a luxury, and many kids are thrown into work as early as possible. This means they can help support their parents, as often the parents don't even earn a living wage.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn my country where I was born, Guyana, we push more for education. It's more being a lawyer, doctor, teacher, or scientist.
Copy Quote View & ShareWomen ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man's wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.
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