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> [We have a cultural notion that if children were not engineered, if we did not manipulate them, they would grow up as beasts in the field. This is the wildest fallacy in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/we-have-a-cultural-notion-that-if-children-were-not-engineered-if-we/)

[Joseph Chilton Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-chilton-pearce/)

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## More by Joseph Chilton Pearce

> [Ideal for the child and society in the best of times, Rudolf Steiner's brilliant process of education is critically needed and profoundly relevant now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/ideal-for-the-child-and-society-in-the-best-of-times-rudolf-steiner-s/)

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> [Seeing within changes one's outer vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/seeing-within-changes-one-s-outer-vision/)

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> [One's capacity for metaphor is one's capacity for a full life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/one-s-capacity-for-metaphor-is-one-s-capacity-for-a-full-life/)

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> [And what does every child believe every adult capable of doing? Of actually being able to bend the world to an inner desire, exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/and-what-does-every-child-believe-every-adult-capable-of-doing-of/)

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> [When I really want to learn about something, I write a book on it. Then the real research begins, as I begin to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/when-i-really-want-to-learn-about-something-i-write-a-book-on-it-then/)

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> [“In learning to learn again, we can learn of this wisdom and allow our children (and so ourselves) to become the free, whole individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/in-learning-to-learn-again-we-can-learn-of-this-wisdom-and-allow-our/)

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> [To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/to-live-a-creative-life-we-must-lose-our-fear-of-being-wrong/)

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> [“Function and man appear synonymous because the function can only be pointed toward by being the function. There is no being except in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/function-and-man-appear-synonymous-because-the-function-can-only-be/)

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> [We have a cultural notion that if children were not engineered, if we did not manipulate them, they would grow up as beasts in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/we-have-a-cultural-notion-that-if-children-were-not-engineered-if-we/)

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> [A 'school-at-home' approach to homeschooling is just decorating the electric chair in different colors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/a-school-at-home-approach-to-homeschooling-is-just-decorating-the/)

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> [“A friend said, "Ah, I get it. All of my life I have gone into every next event asking, in effect, What's in it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/a-friend-said-ah-i-get-it-all-of-my-life-i-have-gone-into-every-next/)

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> [Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/play-is-the-only-way-the-highest-intelligence-of-humankind-can-unfold/)

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> [We live in a web of ideas, a fabric of our own making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/we-live-in-a-web-of-ideas-a-fabric-of-our-own-making/)

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> [Our reality is influenced by our notions about reality, regardless of the nature of those notions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/our-reality-is-influenced-by-our-notions-about-reality-regardless-of/)

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> [All children want to do is play in worlds they create and project on their external world. If allowed to do that, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chilton-pearce/all-children-want-to-do-is-play-in-worlds-they-create-and-project-on/)

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