Purpose of Education

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable." - Plato • "Education is preparation to live completely." - Herbert Spencer • "A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war." - John Milton • "Education seeks, by social stimulus, guidance, and control, to develop the natural powers of the child, so as to render him able and disposed to lead a healthy, happy, and morally worthy life." - Sully • "Education is the preparation of the individual for reciprocal union with society; the preparation of the individual so that he can help his fellow-men and in return receive and appreciate their help." - W. T. Harris • "Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." - Malcolm Forbes • "It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time — for we are bound by that — but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time." - T. S. Eliot • "Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another." - G. K. Chesterton • "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." - George Washington Carver • "Education is the process by which one mind forms another mind, and one heart, another heart." - Jules Simon • "A complete education ought to preserve the pupil's bodily health and strength, and give him command over his mental and muscular powers, increase his quickness and sharpness of perception, form in him the habit of prompt and accurate judgment, lead to delicacy and depth in every right feeling, and make him inflexible in his conscientious and steadfast devotion to all his duties." - Thomas Hill • "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." - Robert Frost • "The