More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given.
The right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues, but only about their secret vices.
An irrational fear should never be simply let alone, but should be gradually overcome by familiarity with its fainter forms.