One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire.

As some species die out, forms better adapted to utilize the obstacles against which they struggled in vain come into being.

Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. Conditions and events are neither to be fled from nor passively acquiesced in; they are to be utilized and directed.

Of what use, educationally speaking, is it to be able to see the end in the beginning?

There is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due.

As societies become more complex in structure and resources, the need of formal or intentional teaching and learning increases.

Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.