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

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

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.

The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

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

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.

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.