On Self-Education
Mortimer Adler, American Aristotelian philosopher and author:
“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.”
Ludwig von Mises, the "uncontested dean of the Austrian School of economics:
“Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.”
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
“Persistence and self-education are the keys. Nobody can teach you how to write – you have to teach yourself, using the examples of others for inspiration.”
“Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.”
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian:
“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
See also: Autodidactic Profiles: Self-educated People Who’ve Made a Difference
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