Quote by Anne Sullivan
Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods

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

Other quotes by 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

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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

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Education
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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

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I came to parenting the way most of us do – knowing nothing and trying to learn everything. – Mayim Bialik

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Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I dont know how. – Gloria Swanson

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