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

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!

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.

If my parents didn't push me and didn't support education, I probably wouldn't be here today.... Regardless of whatever they went through and how they may have been treated, they felt education was important. So, it's easier when you have the parents who support it, rather than those who don't.

You can't touch love, but you can feel the sweetness that it pours into everything.

Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.