Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.