The desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption.

Truth is what will be steadily borne out by subsequent experience

The baby, assailed by eyes, ears, nose, skin, and entrails at once, feels it all as one great blooming, buzzing confusion.

We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against the growing into ways that are likely to be disadvantageous.

I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather do I fear to lose truth by this pretension to possess it already wholly.

The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.