"Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge." — John Taylor Gatto

"Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge."

63 Quotes by John Taylor Gatto

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Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely…
I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. I just can't do it anymore.
School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life…
The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and…
The shocking possibility that dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending…
Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.
The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will…
This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one…
Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely…
Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood…
Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week,…
Schools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then…

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