Every one of the constituent elements of a social group, in a modern city as in a savage tribe, is born immature, helpless, without language, beliefs, ideas, or social standards. Each individual, each unit who is the carrier of the life-experience of his group, in time passes away. Yet the life of the group goes on.

There is no discipline in the world so severe as the discipline of experience subjected to the tests of intelligent development and direction.

We never educate directly, but indirectly by means of the environment. Whether we permit chance environments to do the work, or whether we design environments for the purpose makes a great difference.

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

...the moment of passage from disturbance into harmony is that of intensest life.

All genuine learning comes through experience.

It is difficult to connect general principles with such thoroughly concrete things as children.