“Children should have the joy of living in far lands, in other persons, in other times - a delightful double existence; and this joy they will find, for the most part, in their story books. Their lessons, too, history and geography, should cultivate their conceptive powers. If the children do not live in the times of his history lesson, be not at home in the climate his geography book describes, why, these lessons will fail of their purpose.” IfsShouldChildrenPersonsBookStoriesHomeJoyPurposeExistenceFailingLandLessonsShould HaveClimateDelightfulGeographyJoy Of LivingStory Book Author:Charlotte Mason
“Of all the joyous motives of school life, the love of knowledge is the only abiding one; the only one which determines the scale, so to speak, upon which the person will hereafter live.” PersonsSchoolSpeakDetermineEducationalScalesMotiveJoyousAbidingHereafterSchool Life Book:School Education Source: School Education
“None of us can be proof against the influences that proceed from the persons he associates with. Wherefore, in books and men, let us look out for the best society, that which yields a bracing and wholesome influence. We all know the person for whose company we are the better, though the talk is only about fishing or embroidery.” KnowsMenLooksPersonsBookCompanyInfluenceProofFishingYieldAssociatesEmbroidery Book:The Original Home School Series Source: The Original Home School Series
“A child is a person in whom all possibilities are present - present now at this very moment - not to be educed after many years and efforts manifold on the part of the educator” YearsChildrenPersonsMomentsEffortPossibilityEducatorManifold Book:The Original Home School Series Source: The Original Home School Series
“We attempt to define a person, the most commonplace person we know, but he will not submit to bounds; some unexpected beauty of nature breaks out; we find he is not what we thought, and begin to suspect that every person exceeds our power of measurement.” KnowsPersonsBreakBoundsUnexpectedSuspectsSubmitExceedCommonplaceMeasurementBreak OutNature Beauty Author:Charlotte Mason
