The mere absorption of facts and truths is so exclusively an individual affair that it tends very naturally to pass into selfishness. There is no obvious social motive for the acquirement of mere learning, there is no clear social gain in success thereat.

Society not only continues to exist by transmission, by communication, but it may fairly be said to exist in transmission, in communication.

The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end.

The teacher loses the position of external boss or dictator but takes on that of leader of group activities

Instruction is important.

Since there is no single set of abilities running throughout human nature, there is no single curriculum which all should undergo. Rather, the schools should teach everything that anyone is interested in learning.

If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect - its effect upon conscious experience - we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.