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“Education is so much of an organic unity that, if any of the stages or elements of it be defective, the deficiency is felt throughout all the subsequent growth of the organism.”

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Book:Essays on the Higher Education

Source: Essays on the Higher Education

“No education deserves the name unless it develops thought, unless it pierces down to the mysterious spiritual principle of mind, and starts that into activity and growth.”

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Book:Literature and life, lects

Source: Literature and life, lects

“If you read the biography of any great man, you will always notice two things: His mother's contribution in his progress and his teacher's contribution in his growth and development.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul.”

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Book:The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation

Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”

Source: Krishnamurti on Education

“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees”

“It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is to be educated.”

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Author:Edith Hamilton

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.”

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Author:Mortimer Adler

“The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth. Now this idea cannot be applied to all the members of a society except where intercourse of man with man is mutual, and except where there is adequate provision for the reconstruction of social habits and institutions by means of wide stimulation arising from equitably distributed interests. And this means a democratic society.”

Source: Democracy And Education

“Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.”

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Author:Sri Aurobindo

“Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.”

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Author:Ken Robinson