Myles Horton Quotes

Nothing will change until we change - until we throw off our dependence and act for ourselves.

I think if I had to put a finger on what I consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn't be anything about methods or techniques. It would be loving people first.

If you only try to do the things where you win, then you'll never try to do anything worth doing.

You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it.

You can padlock a building, but you can't padlock an idea.

Curiosity is very important I think, and I think too much of education, starting with childhood education, is either designed to kill curiosity or it works out that way anyway.

I'm as proud of my inconsistencies as I am my consistencies.

The critic said, but don't you feel awkward about biting the hand that feeds you? I said no, I enjoy just gnawing it up to the shoulder.