It was the duty of wives to submit to husbands, not of husbands to submit to wives. . . men have stronger muscles than women.

A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.

Do not feel certain of anything.

If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.

An educator should think of a child as a gardener thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by having the right soil and the right amount of water. If your roses fail to bloom, it does not occur to you to whip them, but you try to find out what has been amiss in your treatment of them. ... The important thing is what the children do, and not what they do not do. And what they do, if it is to have value, must be a spontaneous expression of their own vital energy.

For a good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a live teacher.

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.