Johann Pestalozzi

"Fear is only powerful when we believe in it."

"True power serves others."

"Money without heart is worthless."

"Health is a gift to cherish."

"Adventure transforms the soul."

"Imagination creates possibility."

"The education of character is paramount."

"Love is the highest law of life."

"The natural development of man is the object of education."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Man can be changed by education alone."

"The object of education should be to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."

"True education consists in drawing out what is already in the pupil's mind."

"I wish to wrest education from the church."

"The highest and noblest work of education is to form man according to nature."

"In nature there is no blemish but the mind."

"The ultimate purpose of life is the development of your own capacity and potential."

"Do not merely listen to the words of others; test them as a goldsmith tests gold."

"The love of mankind must be as permanent as the constitution of man himself."

"A man cannot be successfully educated unless he can be educated through his own activity."

"The development of man depends essentially on his will to develop himself."

"Knowledge and skill are the power of man."

"The art of instruction is the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds."

"I must say that I have never believed in education that does not develop the heart."

"The whole art of teaching is to awaken the natural curiosity of the human mind."

"Begin with nature, not with dogma."

"The principle of education must be changed from one of compression to one of development."

"Every individual must be developed according to his own nature."

"Mankind is capable of improvement through education and training."

"Real education is the development of real human power."