Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.

A child might be made to bow every time he met a certain person by pressure on his neck muscles, and bowing would finally become automatic. It would not, however, be an act of recognition or deference on his part, till he did it with a certain end in view - as having a certain meaning.

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.

It has been petrified into a slavery of thought and sentiment, as intolerant superiority on the part of the few and an intolerable burden on the part of the many.

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.

One can think effectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching.

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