Quote by: Iris Murdoch

Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or because we’ve been educated – if we have. But because education may be the means by which we realize we are happy. It opens our eyes, our ears, tells us where delights are lurking, convinces us that there is only one freedom of any importance whatsoever, that of the mind, and gives us the assurance – the confidence – to walk the path our mind, our educated mind, offers.


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Author Bio


  • NameIris Murdoch
  • DescriptionBritish writer and philosopher
  • BornJuly 15, 1919
  • DiedFebruary 8, 1999
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionPoet; Philosopher; Novelist; Writer
  • AwardsDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; James Tait Black Memorial Prize