Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce. What it should produce is a belief that knowledge is attainable in a measure, though with difficulty; that much of what passes for knowledge at any given time is likely to be more or less mistaken, but that the mistakes can be rectified by care and industry.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher

“On Education, Especially in Early Childhood” (1926) (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher“On Education, Especially in Early Childhood” (1926)