Plato

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early read more

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness read more

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.