#in

The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ... ↗

— Bruno Bettelheim

#comprehension #education #fiction #learning #nonfiction

I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant. ↗

— Gerald Durrell

#learning #surprise #wonder #education

The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#education

A letter is always better than a phone call. People write things in letters they would never say in person. They permit themselves to write down feelings and observations using emotional syntax far more intimate and powerful than speech will allow. ↗

— Alice Steinbach

#writing #education

We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations. ↗

— Freeman John Dyson

#creativity #education #testing #thought #education

The years teach much the days never know. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#teaching

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#establishing #keep #lasting #lasting peace #out

I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody! ↗

— James McBride

#education

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books ↗

— Stephen Fry

#friendship #wine #education

It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read. ↗

— Ezra Taft Benson

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #education