The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to use its own powers rather than to fill it with the accumulation of others.

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"True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us."

- Tryon Edwards

Belief

"Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven."

- Tryon Edwards

Relationships

"Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so."

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Growth

"If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others."

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"Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine."

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

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"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

Education

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

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

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"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

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