A Kind Word Will Give

Before Buying Anything, It Is Well To Ask If One Could Do Without It.

Our Great Mistake In Education Is ... The Worship Of Book-learning-the Confusion Of Instruction And Education. We Strain The Memory Instead Of Cultivating The Mind. ... We Ought To Follow Exactly The Opposite Course With Children-to Give Them A Wholesome Variety Of Mental Food, And Endeavour To Cultivate Their Tastes, Rather Than To Fill Their Minds With Dry Facts.

Our Own Happiness Ought Not To Be Our Main Objective In Life.

Love Seems To Beautify And Inspire All Nature. It Raises The Earthly Caterpillar Into The Ethereal Butterfly, It Paints The Feathers In Spring, It Lights The Glowworm's Lamp, It Wakens The Song Of Birds, And Inspires The Poet's Lay. Even Inanimate Nature Seems To Feel The Spell, And Flowers Glow With The Richest Colours.

The Important Thing Is Not So Much That Every Child Should Be Taught, As That Every Child Should Be Given The Wish To Learn.