charlotte mason

“ Children are born person. ”

“ Who can take the measure of a child? The Genie of the Arabian tale is nothing to him. He, too, may be let out of his bottle and fill the world. But woe to us if we keep him corked up. ”

“ The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas and furnish the imagination with pictures. ”

“ What a child digs for becomes his own possession. ”

“ Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life. ”

“ Of the joyous motives of our school life, the love of knowledge is the only abiding one; the only one which determines the scale, so to speak, upon which the person will hereafter live. ”

“ Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; It is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler. ”

“ Imagination does not stir at the suggestion of the feeble, much-diluted stuff that is too often put into children's hands. ”

“ There is no education but self-education. ”

“ The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him? ”