1. The essence of education means: one tree shakes another tree, one cloud pushes another cloud, one soul awakens another soul. ——Dekar Jaspers

2. Education is not filling a bucket of water, but lighting a fire. ——William Yeats, Ireland

3. Every time a school is closed, another prison is built. ——Mark Twain

4. The highest goal of education is to stimulate students' initiative and cultivate students' independence. Broadly speaking, this is the ultimate goal of all education. ——Dedis Dohui

5. Education is growth, growth is the purpose, and there is no purpose other than growth. ——John Dewey

6. I believe that education is a process of life, not a preparation for future life. ——John Dewey

7. The teacher’s duty is to “teach thousands of things and teach people to seek truth”; the student’s duty is to “learn thousands of things and learn to be a real person”. ——Tao Xingzhi

8. The purpose of education is to cultivate human personality. ——Herbert Spencer

9. The purpose of education is not to create scholars, experts, and people looking for jobs, but to cultivate complete men and women and free them from fear; For only among such people can there be lasting peace. ——Krishnamurti, India

10. I study at a medium level, and according to school standards, I am not a good student. But later I discovered that if you can forget what you learned in school, what is left is education. ——Einstein

11. The goal of school should always be that young people leave school as harmonious people, not as experts. ——Einstein

12. Fit schools to children, not children to schools. ——British Alexander Neal

13. Teachers must have a healthy body, the skills of a farmer, a scientific mind, an interest in art, and a spirit of social reform. ——Tao Xingzhi

14. There is Watt under your pointer, Newton in your cold eyes, and Edison in your ridicule. ——Tao Xingzhi

15. The key to running a good education lies first and second in teachers.

——Michio Hinagai