Application Quote by William Glasser

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them…

— Anonymous

Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking, than learning how to critically think. And therefore, what I…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

I think we've tied acquiring knowledge too much to school

— Arno Allan Penzias

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in…

— Henry Ford

We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough time to get kids…

— Howard Gardner

Many of you have been reared on the cliche that the purpose of education isn't to stuff your head with facts but to teach…

— Bret Stephens

No longer can we afford to stuff the brains of the young with facts. The time is too short, the necessity for results too…

— Pearl S. Buck

The accumulation of facts, even if interesting in themselves, should not constitute the main part of education; these facts, whether they be of classical…

— Arthur Lynch

Education is not so important as people think.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Today much of what we call education is merely knowledge gathering and remembering. Problem solving and thinking, never strong parts of our educational system,…

— William Glasser

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.

— Anonymous