If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and…

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We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, The...

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, The...

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is...

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good...

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good...

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena....

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena....

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when...

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the...

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the...

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere...

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere...

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning...

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning...

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one...

I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one...

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.