Born Quote by Ivan Illich

“His education had been neither scientific nor classical—merely “Modern.” The severities both of abstraction and of high human tradition had passed him by: and…

— C.S. Lewis

Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers.

— Thomas Hodgskin

“The result of the scientific work we have been considering was that the outlook of educated men was completely transformed. At the beginning of…

— Bertrand Russell

Man was formed for society.

— Francis Bacon

“Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from our human…

— Julian Barnes

He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he…

— Maya Angelou

“I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with;…

— Thomas Jefferson

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. In every age…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“feel that it had not been the most direful mistake in his plan of education. Something must have been wanting within, or time would…

— Jane Austen

While [Plato] affirmed with emphasis that the place of the individual in society should not be determined by birth or wealth or any conventional…

— John Dewey

“The future of a society was not determined by the traits its members shared but rested entirely on their differences”

— Orhan Pamuk

It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone - that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more than any…

— H. L. Mencken