Education is not about filling a pail, but about starting a fire.

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"I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough time for a man and a woman to understand each other and. . . to understand – is to love."

- William Butler Yeats

Love

"Think like a wise [person] but communicate in the language of the people."

- William Butler Yeats

Awareness

"Lose natural kindness and maybe / The heart-revealing intimacy / That chooses right, and never find a friend."

- William Butler Yeats

Compassion

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."

- William Butler Yeats

Inspiration

"Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame."

- William Butler Yeats

Inspiration

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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

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"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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