In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith.

Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.

Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.

One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.

The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.

I don’t think we’ll get rid of schools any time soon, certainly not in my lifetime, but if we’re going to change what’s rapidly becoming a disaster of ignorance, we need to realize that the institution “schools” very well, but it does not “educate”; that’s inherent in the design of the thing. It’s not the fault of bad teachers or too little money spent. It’s just impossible for education and schooling to be the same thing.

Who besides a degraded rabble would voluntarily present itself to be graded and classified like meat? No wonder school is compulsory.