E. F. Schumacher Quotes

Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.

Education is very important, and I understand that.

Although the world has changed dramatically since 1843, we believe that the values that guide 'The Economist' are as relevant as ever.

Education is understanding relationships.

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.

It's better to understand something than to memorize something.

[The main focus in my life now is] to open people's minds so no one will be so conceited that they think they have the total truth. They should be eager to learn, to listen, to research and not to confine, to hurt, to kill, those who disagree with them.

Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.

The past isn't useful until its place in the present is found.

I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place

People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices

The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

A successful day for me is when I teach people something. They become enlightened by an idea and learn how to think about it, so that later on when someone says, "Tell me about x, y, z," they don't have to say, "I know this because Tyson told me." No, they'll say, "Here's why it's true because I know and understand it."

Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.

Scientific literacy is one of the underpinnings of everything I do. It's why I work with schools. It's why I teach at university. I do a lot of outreach to try and improve general scientific literacy, but the core of all scientific literacy is just literacy.

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

One must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.

A good question is, of course, the key by which infinite answers can be educed.

If one of my kids reads a book for school and I can have a conversation with her about the book and I sense that she gets what the book is about, then it doesn't really matter to me if she gets an A on the paper.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

Knowledge is not a loose leaf notebook of facts.