Educated Quote by Robert B. Laughlin

I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.

— Tenzin Palmo

The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.

— Chogyam Trungpa

One of the great tragedies of modern education is that most people are not taught to think critically. The majority of the world’s people,…

— Haki R. Madhubuti

Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole…

— Edward de Bono

“There is no such thing as primitive in the way Western education has traditionally conditioned people to perceive it.”

— Gregory Cajete

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.

— Diane Ravitch

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

— Norman Cousins

That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect them to…

— Tavis Smiley

People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost

— Stephen Breyer

If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry…

— Umberto Eco

“Another reason Westerners are tempted to compromise is because we tend to view the world dualistically. Things are true or false, right or wrong,…

— E. Randolph Richards

“Where are we as a modern civilization if our educational institutions conspire to train only a fraction of our capacities? and if this is…

— Eugene Taylor