We Must Not Sit Still

The Important Thing Is Not So Much That Every Child Should Be Taught, As That Every Child Should Have The Opportunity Of Teaching Itself. What Does It Matter If The Pupil Know A Little More Or A Little Less? A Boy Who Leaves School Knowing Much, But Hating His Lessons, Will Soon Have Forgotten All He Ever Learned; While Another Who Had Acquired A Thirst For Knowledge, Even If He Had Learned Little, Would Soon Teach Himself More Than The First Ever Knew.

Art Trains The Mind Through The Eye, And The Eye Through The Mind. As The Sun Colors Flowers, So Does Art Color Life.

To Be Happy Ourselves Is A Most Effectual Contribution To The Happiness Of Others.

Reading And Writing, Arithmetic And Grammar Do Not Constitute Education, Any More Than A Knife, Fork And Spoon Constitute A Dinner.

Earth And Sky, Woods And Fields, Lakes And Rivers, The Mountain And The Sea, Are Excellent Schoolmasters, And Teach Some Of Us More Than We Can Ever Learn From Books.