A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

We all make mistakes, as the hedgehog said as he climbed off the scrubbing brush

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.

If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!

Is it not true, then, that my life with all its limitation touches at many points the life of the World Beautiful? Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be, therein to be content.