In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.

The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.

The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. In our system, she must become a passive, much more than an active, influence, and her passivity shall be composed of anxious scientific curiosity and of absolute respect for the phenomenon which she wishes to observe. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.

To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.