Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. – Oscar Wilde, "The Critic as Artist," 1890

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. – Mohammed

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. – John W. Gardner

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. – Aristotle