Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.
I have for many years interested myself in the study of children from three years upwards. Many have urged me to continue my studies on the same lines with older children. But what I have felt to be most vital is the need for more careful and particularized study of the tiny child.
Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life.
Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future.
The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.
Themes around education and learning run through my work.
Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.