Ability Quote by James A. Baldwin

The true purpose of education is to teach you to do the thing that needs to be done,when it needs to be done, whether…

— Thomas Huxley

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they…

— Plato

In my mind, the purpose of education is to enable human beings to develop to their full potential, intellectually and spiritually. That means that…

— Michael N. Nagler

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us

— Norman Cousins

The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life-by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with…

— Ayn Rand

The purpose of education is to enlighten the student as to how to use their own mind, rather than to fill it with facts…

— Anonymous

The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.

— Peter McWilliams

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Education is the sum total of one's experience, and the purpose of higher education is to widen our experiences beyond the circumscribed existence or…

— Mortimer Adler

Education provides the fullest opportunities for fulfilling ourselves. It is the access to all that a person has yet to learn.

— Lowell Milken

The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have…

— Jean Piaget

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

— Marian Wright Edelman