The Thought for the Week is offered for members of the University of Bolton by the Chaplaincy for reflection and response. The Thought does not represent the views or policy of either the Chaplaincy or The University of Bolton. Quotations are taken from a wide range of sources. You don't have to sign in to make a comment - just click the comments link at the foot of each Thought.
“The great end of education is to discipline the mind;Tyron Edwards (1809-1894, American theologian, best known for compiling a book of quotations).
to train it to the use of its own powers,
rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.”
“Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.”William Butler Yeats (1865-1939, Irish poet and dramatist)