Adult life Quote by William James

The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children…

— Rabindranath Tagore

Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he…

— Bruce Lee

He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may…

— Confucius

A child in his earliest years, when he is only two or a little more, is capable of tremendous achievements simply through his unconscious…

— Maria Montessori

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions…

— Alice Duer Miller

“It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions…

— Alice Duer Miller

The activity of the immature human being is simply played upon to secure habits which are useful. He is trained like an animal rather…

— John Dewey

How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge?

— Henry David Thoreau

If the nature of the work is properly appreciated and applied, it will stand in the same relation to the higher faculties as food…

— J. C. Kumarappa

A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

— Andrew Carnegie

What induces a child to learn but his delight in knowing?

— Helen Keller

He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.

— Eugen Herrigel