100 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. Abhijit Naskar

Owing to the shape of a bell curve, the education system is geared to the mean. Unfortunately, that kind of education is virtually calculated to bore and alienate gifted minds. But instead of making exceptions where it would do the most good, the educational bureaucracy often prefers not to be bothered. In my case, for example, much of the schooling to which I was subjected was probably worse than nothing. It consisted not of real education, but of repetition and oppressive socialization (entirely superfluous given the dose of oppression I was getting away from school). Had I been left alone, preferably with access to a good library and a minimal amount of high-quality instruction, I would at least have been free to learn without useless distractions and gratuitous indoctrination. But alas, no such luck. Let’s try to break the problem down a bit. The education system […] is committed to a warm and fuzzy but scientifically counterfactual form of egalitarianism which attributes all intellectual differences to environmental factors rather than biology, implying that the so-called 'gifted' are just pampered brats who, unless their parents can afford private schooling, should atone for their undeserved good fortune by staying behind and enriching the classroom environments of less privileged students. This approach may appear admirable, but its effects on our educational and intellectual standards, and all that depends on them, have already proven to be overwhelmingly negative. This clearly betrays an ulterior motive, suggesting that it has more to do with social engineering than education. There is an obvious difference between saying that poor students have all of the human dignity and basic rights of better students, and saying that there are no inherent educationally and socially relevant differences among students. The first statement makes sense, while the second does not. The gifted population accounts for a very large part of the world’s intellectual resources. As such, they can obviously be put to better use than smoothing the ruffled feathers of average or below-average students and their parents by decorating classroom environments which prevent the gifted from learning at their natural pace. The higher we go on the scale of intellectual brilliance — and we’re not necessarily talking just about IQ — the less support is offered by the education system, yet the more likely are conceptual syntheses and grand intellectual achievements of the kind seldom produced by any group of markedly less intelligent people. In some cases, the education system is discouraging or blocking such achievements, and thus cheating humanity of their benefits. Christopher Langan

Reading is a sacred-paradise. Lailah Gifty Akita

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. Ray Bradbury

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. Frank Zappa

Watch movies. Read screenplays. Let them be your guide. […] Yes, McKee has been able to break down how the popular screenplay has worked. He has identified key qualities that many commercially successful screenplays share, he has codified a language that has been adopted by creative executives in both film and television. So there might be something of tangible value to be gained by interacting with his material, either in book form or at one of the seminars. But for someone who wants to be an artist, a creator, an architect of an original vision, the best book to read on screenwriting is no book on screenwriting. The best seminar is no seminar at all. To me, the writer wants to get as many outside voices OUT of his/her head as possible. Experts win by getting us to be dependent on their view of the world. They win when they get to frame the discussion, when they get to tell you there’s a right way and a wrong way to think about the game, whatever the game is. Because that makes you dependent on them. If they have the secret rules, then you need them if you want toget ahead. The truth is, you do . Brian Koppelman

The more you learn, the more you know, you don’t know enough. Lailah Gifty Akita

In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not with your certification. But in order to speak about social reality, you must have the proper credentials, particularly if you depart from the accepted framework of thinking. Generally speaking, it seems fair to say that the richer the intellectual substance of a field, the less there is a concern for credentials, and the greater is concern for content. Noam Chomsky

See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't do that, and two, you dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library! Ben Affleck

In order to answer the question “Where am I going?” engage in self-development, self-education and development of will and firmness Sunday Adelaja

I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you continually engaged in educating yourself, undertaking and fulfilling your responsibility and learned never to give up regardless of your circumstances Sunday Adelaja

The greatest self are self-improvement, self-development and self-discovery. Lailah Gifty Akita

I love the paradise of being between the pages of a book. Lailah Gifty Akita

Dare to read. Lailah Gifty Akita

The joy of reading is sacred pleasure. Lailah Gifty Akita

Begin to read. Lailah Gifty Akita

Greatest companion is found in reading great books. Lailah Gifty Akita

I know the mind of ancient souls by reading ancient books. Lailah Gifty Akita

A man who reads will find himself. Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest adventure is reading! Lailah Gifty Akita

Our head is designed to develop our intelligence, to devote ourselves to self- education, self -improvement and to broaden our perspective regarding the world around us Sunday Adelaja

The past is rich history. The present is sacred inscription. The future is yet to be written. Lailah Gifty Akita

The life of the spirit is enfold in great literature. Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest literature is the Biblical stories. Lailah Gifty Akita

Ancient literature is a rich history. Lailah Gifty Akita

We encounter great souls, who lived in historical times, in ancient books. Lailah Gifty Akita

Love always trust, always hopes, and always protects. Lailah Gifty Akita

May the enthusiasm of a new year give you a persistent willpower to fulfill your dream. Lailah Gifty Akita

With discipline, dedication and diligence, you will achieve the goal. Lailah Gifty Akita

Every stage of life is a chapter of a book. You must begin writing your life book. Lailah Gifty Akita

Eagerly examine the Scriptures daily for spiritual growth. Lailah Gifty Akita

Music , literature with poetry makes a perfect paradise. Lailah Gifty Akita

Spiritual-self consist of a determined soul and indomitable spirit. Lailah Gifty Akita

You ought to read, mediate and affirm the living word of God. Lailah Gifty Akita

The grace of fulfilled dream is phenomenal. Lailah Gifty Akita

God grant me courage to dare great things. Lailah Gifty Akita

May the Lord grant you grace to read and understand the Holy Scriptures. Lailah Gifty Akita

By reading, we will know the minds of great soul. Lailah Gifty Akita

The stories I read gives strength to my spirit. Lailah Gifty Akita

Begin to read, write, sing, dance, study, draw…! Lailah Gifty Akita