Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.

Dancing is imperatively needed to give poise to the nerves, schooling to the emotions, strength to the will, and to harmonize the feelings and the intellect with the body that supports them

Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.

Puberty for a girl is like floating down a broadening river into an open sea.

Oneness with Nature is the glory of childhood; oneness with childhood is the glory of the Teacher.

Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail to do so will slowly perish. . . . There must be re-education of the will and of the heart as well as of the intellect; and the ideals of service must supplant those of selfishness and greed.