196 Quotes About Self-education

For self-educated scientists and thinkers such as Charles Darwin, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Leonardo-da-Vinci, Michael Faraday, myself and many others, education is a relentless voyage of discovery. To us education is an everlasting quest for knowledge and wisdom.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.

Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read.

When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.

You can renew your mind and revive spirit by reading great stories.

Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.

Do not be afraid ask questions.

Mistakes are experiences. Without these experiences, there is no learning.