Joy came always after pain.
To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.
When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself.
Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life.
Play is the work of childhood.
Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration
Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.
The light was cut to lace by the trees that had grown so thick with leaves in the last few months.
Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand, You can tolerate him if you try!
If you can do something about a situation, why worry? And if you can't do something about a situation, why worry?