The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.
A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
In order to keep himself at the top of his condition, to obtain complete mastery of all his powers and possibilities, a man must be good to himself mentally; he must think well of himself.
The educator wants the child to be finished at once and perfect. He forces upon the child an unnatural degree of self-mastery, a devotion to duty, a sense of honour - habits that adults get out of with astonishing rapidity.
A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.