An observant child should be put in the way of things worth observing.

Education is a matter of the spirit. No wiser word has been said on the subject, and yet we persist in applying education from without. No one knoweth the things of the man except the spirit of man which is in him; therefore, there is no education but self-education, and as soon as a young child begins his education, he does so as a student. Our business is to give him mind stuff. Both quantity and quality are essential.

The most common and the monstrous defect in the education of the day is that children fail to acquire the habit of reading.

Education, like faith, is the evidence of things not seen.

Imagination does not stir at the suggestion of the feeble, much diluted stuff that is too often put into children’s hands.

Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life

Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. Life should be all living, and not merely a tedious passing of time; not all doing or all feeling or all thinking - the strain would be too great - but, all living; that is to say, we should be in touch wherever we go, whatever we hear, whatever we see, with some manner of vital interest.