It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results.

I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of WORK, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in the organised diminution of work.

The essence of life is doing things for their own sakes.

Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do with their lives I think it is almost a consolation

The essence of education is that it is a change effected in the organism to satisfy the operator.

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.