Quotes by

Anne Sullivan

We all like stories that make us cry. Its so nice to feel sad when youve nothing in particular to feel sad about. – Anne Sullivan

Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things. – Anne Sullivan

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupils mind, and behold, all things are changed! – Anne Sullivan

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. – Anne Sullivan

I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child. – Anne Sullivan

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. – Anne Sullivan