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The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

If you’re going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result in some loosening up and privatization of the government school system.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

My school cares more about the uniform than about my education.