Thursday, April 29, 2010

Words of Wisdom-66:

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it - John Ruskin

Monday, April 26, 2010

Words of Wisdom-65:

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing - Thomas Huxley

Words of Wisdom-64:

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies - Robert Frost

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Words of Wisdom-63:

Learning is movement from moment to moment - J.Krishnamurti

Friday, April 23, 2010

Words of Wisdom-62:

Education is the best provision for the journey to old age - Aristotle

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Words of Wisdom-61:

Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past - Bryant H. McGill

Monday, April 19, 2010

Words of Wisdom-60:

The great need of our educational system and our educational institutions is inculcation of spiritual ideas along with technological knowledge. Man with mere material knowledge becomes selfish and self-centred. Therefore the present need is to give social purpose to education, so that educated people will not be exploiters of the not so fortunate but be friends and helpers of the poor, the weak and the downtrodden and be dedicated servants of our country and people – T.S.Avinashilingam

Words of Wisdom-59:

That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge. – Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Words of Wisdom-58:

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence - Robert Frost

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Words of Wisdom-57:

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live - John Adams

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Words of Wisdom-56:

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever - Gandhiji

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Words of Wisdom-55:

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires - William A. Ward

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Books on Education:OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics




OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics: Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifcations
By Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development