Quotes about Education

I think of Christians who, having been raised to read the Genesis creation story as literal science and history, leave for college, watch the History Channel, or log onto the internet, and find out that fossils and radiometric dating are in fact not hoaxes. That's how nice Christian college freshmen become atheists by Christmas break. If your faith can unravel that quickly, it's enough to make you question whether your faith is worth the effort at all.

They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?

for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.