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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."
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"We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being."

"The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!"

"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war."

"If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks."

"We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry."

"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist.""

"The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon."
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