Horace Mann Quotes on Education (10 Quotes)


    Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

    The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to us they implore us to think more of the character of our people than of its vast numbers to look upon our vast natural resources, not as tempters to ostentation and pride, but as means to be converted, by the refining alchemy of education, into mental and spiritual treasuresand thus give to the world the example of a nation whose wisdom increases with its prosperity, and whose virtues are equal to its power.

    Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

    Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.

    Education... beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men --the balance wheel of the social machinery... It does better than to disarm the poor of their hostility toward the rich it prevents being poor.


    A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

    Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.

    Teaching isn't one-tenth as effective as training.

    Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

    A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.


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