Endurance Is A Much Better Test Of

Our Great Mistake In Education Is ... The Worship Of Book-learning-the Confusion Of Instruction And Education. We Strain The Memory Instead Of Cultivating The Mind. ... We Ought To Follow Exactly The Opposite Course With Children-to Give Them A Wholesome Variety Of Mental Food, And Endeavour To Cultivate Their Tastes, Rather Than To Fill Their Minds With Dry Facts.

Rest Is Not Idleness, And To Lie Sometimes On The Grass Under Trees On A Summer's Day, Listening To The Murmur Of The Water, Or Watching The Clouds Float Across The Sky, Is By No Means A Waste Of Time.

Happiness Is A Condition Of Mind Not A Result Of Circumstances.

Earth And Sky, Woods And Fields, Lakes And Rivers, The Mountain And The Sea, Are Excellent Schoolmasters, And Teach Some Of Us More Than We Can Ever Learn From Books.

We Must Not Sit Still And Look For Miracles; Up And Doing, And The Lord Will Be With Thee.