Some views of education
The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.
Cicero
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Malcolm Forbes
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Will Durant
Education is man's going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.
Kenneth G. Johnson
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
Epictetus
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
Marian Wright Edelman