The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.
Published on May 27, 2016 , under Quotes
Source: Albert Einstein, in response to not knowing the speed of sound as included in the Edison Test: New York Times (18 May 1921).
Complete Sentence: [I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. …The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.