“Knowledge is the food of the soul.”
Plato
KnowledgeSoul
Education Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · EDUCATION
Education Quotes
Read 200 of the best education quotes about learning, teaching, students and knowledge, from Aristotle, Confucius, Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey and more.
“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”
Plato
CuriosityWonder
“Learning things gives great pleasure not only to philosophers but also to the rest of mankind.”
Aristotle
Joy Of LearningKnowledge
“Asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated, he replied, 'As much as the living are to the dead.'”
Aristotle
Value Of EducationWisdom
“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
Seneca
Lifelong LearningLife
“From Rusticus I learned to read carefully, and not to be satisfied with a superficial understanding of a book.”
Marcus Aurelius
Deep ReadingMentors
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.”
Cicero
HistoryKnowledge
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
Cicero
BooksReading
“Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?”
Confucius
Joy Of LearningPerseverance
“I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping, occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn.”
Confucius
StudyThinking
“Learn as if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest you should lose it.”
Confucius
DedicationStudy
“He who devotes himself to learning seeks from day to day to increase his knowledge; he who devotes himself to the Tao seeks from day to day to diminish his doing.”
Lao Tzu
KnowledgeWisdom
“Our life has a limit, but knowledge is without limit.”
Chuang Tzu
KnowledgeHumility
“The man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
GrowthWisdom
“Verily there is no purifier in this world like wisdom.”
Bhagavad Gita
WisdomKnowledge
“Learn thou this by discipleship, by investigation, and by service.”
Bhagavad Gita
Methods Of LearningHumility
“The things that thou hast heard of me, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.”
The Bible (2 Timothy 2:2)
TeachingLegacy
“Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.”
The Bible (Proverbs 24:32)
ObservationLearning
“I have more understanding than all my teachers.”
The Bible (Psalm 119:99)
UnderstandingStudents
“Teach me good judgment and knowledge.”
The Bible (Psalm 119:66)
PrayerKnowledge
“When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; discretion shall preserve thee.”
The Bible (Proverbs 2:10-11)
WisdomProtection
“They found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.”
The Bible (Luke 2:46)
Asking QuestionsCuriosity
“Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.”
The Bible (Proverbs 3:13)
WisdomHappiness
“And Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.”
The Bible (Luke 10:39)
ListeningStudents
“Learning is but an adjunct to ourself.”
William Shakespeare
LearningIdentity