So much for the right books; the right use of them is another matter. The children must enjoy the book. The ideas it holds must each make that sudden, delightful impact upon their minds, must cause that intellectual stir, which mark the inception of an idea.

The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas and furnish the imagination with pictures.

There is no education but self-education.

A child is a person in whom all possibilities are present - present now at this very moment - not to be educed after many years and efforts manifold on the part of the educator

Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler.

Composition is as natural as jumping and running to children who have been allowed due use of books.

Education is the science of relations