I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom.
— Sigrid Undset
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
— Sir Walter Scott
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
— Oscar Wilde
Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
— Leo Tolstoy
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery none but ourselves can free our minds.
— Bob Marley
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all.
— Paul Simon
School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life is dull and stupid, only Coke provides relief. And other products, too, of course.
— John Taylor Gatto
Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul...
— Walt Whitman
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
— Gandhi
My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out of school.