You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.

Source: As quoted in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1935) by Dale Carnegie, page: 117.

You can never be overdressed or over-educated.

Source: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894) by Oscar Wilde. Variant: The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Source: Observing the Brain Through a Cat’s Eye by Roger Lewin, published in The Saturday Review, October 5, 1974, pp. 54-57. Complete Quote: Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn…. Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. This is a mistake.

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To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Source: Pieces of Eight (1982) by Sydney J. Harris; Page 152.

Education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

Source: Albert Einstein, in response to not knowing the speed of sound as included in the Edison Test: New York Times (18 May 1921). Complete Sentence: [I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. …The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts Read More…

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

Complete Quote: The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.