10 Quotes On Education By Our Favorite Influential People Published October 3, 2018 “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela WATCH: How This School Principal Uses Words To Make Change Happen “Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.” – Steven Spielberg “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C.S. Lewis "Education is improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it." – Marian Wright Edelman "Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops." – Henry Brooks Adams "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." – Albert Einstein "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." – Benjamin Franklin "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." – Aristotle "One child, one teacher, one book, one pen and change the world." – Malala Yousafzai "What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future." – Steve Maraboli