"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated." ― Horace Mann Topic(s): Education More From Horace Mann "Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear." "A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron." "Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge." More In Education "I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories."― Ray Bradbury "Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment."― Barbara Jordan "THE rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of the cost; but it is not so with him whose Subsistence is derived from industry."― Joseph Lancaster