Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct.

In general, every stimulus directs activity. It does not simply excite it or stir it up, but directs it toward an object.

It is the office of the school environment to balance the various elements in the social environment, and to see to it that each individual gets an opportunity to escape from the limitations of the social group in which he was born, and to come into living contact with a broader environment.

Language fails not because thought fails, but because no verbal symbols can do justice to the fullness and richness of thought. Ifwe are to continue talking about "data" in any other sense than as reflective distinctions, the original datum is always such a qualitative whole.

A child may have to be snatched with roughness away from a fire so that he shall not be burnt.

Even dogs and horses have their actions modified by association with human beings; they form different habits because human beings are concerned with what they do.

As a child lives today, he will live tomorrow.