Downward spiral Quote by Katherine Paterson

Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances…

— H. G. Wells

“Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe.”

— Ken Robinson

“True education is process of life and not a means to an end.”

— Elaine Sorensen Marshall

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“What makes a civilization real to its inhabitants, in the end, is not just the splendid edifices at it centre, nor even the smooth…

— Niall Ferguson

We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should…

— Chris Hedges

“Civilization is a race between disaster and education.”

— H.G. Wells

Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth.

— Bertrand Russell

“True education is enlightenment.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Education is the resistance to everything that is bad today.”

— Jonas Mekas

“Truth resists being projected into the realm of knowledge.”

— Walter Benjamin

“Civilization has been an intermittent phenomenon; to this truth we have allowed ourselves to be blinded by the insolence of material success.”

— Richard M. Weaver