I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.

It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.

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

Why, it is as easy to teach the name of an idea, if it is clearly formulated in the child's mind, as to teach the name of an object.

I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.

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.