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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

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Everything has changed. . . except the way we think. The aim [of education] must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals, who...more

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One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that...more

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Play is the highest form of research.

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It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for t...more

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It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contra...more

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The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

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Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.

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A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would in...more

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Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. Never regard study as duty but as the enviable oppo...more

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

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The principal art of the teacher is to awaken the joy in creation and knowledge.