“Education is like pruning ; it wrecks the natural growth of the tree in favour of a form that is useful to commercial society”

“Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.”

“She was a lovely woman, fitted both by nature and education to be an ornament to society and her family.”

“Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not preparation for life but is life itself.”

“Your children will be like olive shootsaround your table." -Psalm 128:3Children are likened to olive plants. Olive plants, if not pruned and controlled, become a wild nuisance. On the other hand, small olive plants that are nurtured and trained in the way they should grow do not grow wild and do not have scars from pruning since the pruning is done while they are young and tender. The later you do the training, the more scars they will have and the less likely there will will be success in directing their growth.”

“Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.”