The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.

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Education is the anchor that holds life together through choppy waters.

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

Source: This quote is from a speech delivered by Robert Maynard Hutchins in 1929. Original Wording: My view of university training is to unsettle the minds of young men, to widen their horizons, to inflame their intellects. It is not a hardening, or settling process. Education is not to teach men facts, theories, or laws; Read More…

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.