It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

It has been said that we have not had the three R's in America, we had the six R's; remedial readin', remedial 'ritin' and remedial 'rithmetic.

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Education can be dangerous. It is very difficult to make it not dangerous. In fact, it is almost impossible.

Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and goodness, not unlimited acquisition.

Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.