If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.

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We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out...

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out...

I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit...

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit...

Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.

Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.

We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the responsibility of the world...

We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the responsibility of the world...

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying...

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying...

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative...

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative...

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's...

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's...

I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this...

I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this...

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find...

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find...

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy,...

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy,...

The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem...

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem...

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light...

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light...

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and...

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and...

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling...

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling...

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are...

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are...

I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I...

I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I...