Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime.

The child, unhampered, does not waste time.

Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime.

Children learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge.

Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he has come, while bounds and leaps unevenly ahead in his growth.

Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.

It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners.