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

In general, every stimulus directs activity. It does not simply excite it or stir it up, but directs it toward an object.

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

Creative thinking will improve as we relate the new fact to the old and all facts to each other.

Education is life itself.

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

[T]he schools, through reliance upon the spur of competition and the bestowing of special honors and prizes, only build up and strengthen the disposition that makes an individual when he leaves school employ his special talents and superior skill to outwit his fellow without respect for the welfare of others