I'd Rather Break Stones On The King's

No Matter How Mistaken Communist Ideas May Be, The Experience And Knowledge Gained By Trying Them Out Have Given A Tremendous Impetus To Thought And Imagination.

Language Grows Out Of Life, Out Of Its Needs And Experiences...language And Knowledge Are Indissolubly Connected; They Are Interdependent. Good Work In Language Presupposes And Depends On A Real Knowledge Of Things.

You Can't Touch Love, But You Can Feel The Sweetness That It Pours Into Everything.

I Am Beginning To Suspect All Elaborate And Special Systems Of Education. They Seem To Me To Be Built Upon The Supposition That Every Child Is A Kind Of Idiot Who Must Be Taught To Think. Whereas If The Child Is Left To Himself, He Will Think More And Better , If Less "showily." Let Him Come And Go Freely, Let Him Touch Real Things And Combine His Impressions For Himself... Teaching Fills The Mind With Artificial Associations That Must Be Got Rid Of Before The Child Can Develop Independent Ideas Out Of Actual Experiences.

My Heart Is Singing For Joy This Morning! A Miracle Has Happened! The Light Of Understanding Has Shone Upon My Little Pupil's Mind, And Behold, All Things Are Changed!