Children learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge.

The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world.

Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.

The child, unhampered, does not waste time.

Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime.

Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.

It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners.

A school’s job [is] to begin education.

The most important phase of a child’s life was the beginning of it. He must be started right.

Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he has come, while bounds and leaps unevenly ahead in his growth.

It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.

Your greatest obstacles usher you to your greatest rewards.

Always count the costs before starting any journey, and never take a step without finding its costs.

I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing.

It does not matter whether we burn fossil fuels with malice or with love. As far as the atmosphere is concerned, it is not concerned. It is a collection of gases.

I feel a sense of obligation to our troops and their families because of the decisions that I made. So I'm involved with veterans.

I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.