To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupils soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion. – Muriel Spark
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. – Muriel Spark
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. – Muriel Spark
Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. – Muriel Spark
Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay – everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I dont want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place. – Charles Kennedy