Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools which humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection. One in that case not merely conducts inquiry and learning without the use of the best instruments, but fails to understand the full meaning of knowledge.

By doing his share in the associated activity, the individual appropriates the purpose which actuates it, becomes familiar with its methods and subject matters, acquires needed skill, and is saturated with its emotional spirit.

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Language exists only when it is listened to as well as spoken. The hearer is an indispensable partner.

Inside the modern city, in spite of its nominal political unity, there are probably more communities, more differing customs, traditions, aspirations, and forms of government or control, than existed in an entire continent at an earlier epoch.

To savages it would seem preposterous to seek out a place where nothing but learning was going on in order that one might learn.

The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education — or that the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth.