Children Quote by Plato

Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.

— Plato

The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.

— Plato

Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.

— Plato

In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.

— John Lancaster Spalding

Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent.

— Plato

Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding…

— Jean Piaget

“compulsion to direct the attention of others is one of the first cognitive traits that emerge during childhood development that is truly unique to…

— Svante Pääbo

“But self-knowledge cannot be imposed, understanding cannot be compelled; and if this is a vital problem to you and me, to the parent and…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.

— Maria Montessori

Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The child's mind must be set free.

— Henry Williamson

Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. and the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The childs mind must be set free.

— Henry Williamson