Yes, I Am Proud, And Very Humble

Why, It Is As Easy To Teach The Name Of An Idea, If It Is Clearly Formulated In The Child's Mind, As To Teach The Name Of An Object.

Language Grows Out Of Life, Out Of Its Needs And Experiences...language And Knowledge Are Indissolubly Connected; They Are Interdependent. Good Work In Language Presupposes And Depends On A Real Knowledge Of Things.

No Matter How Mistaken Communist Ideas May Be, The Experience And Knowledge Gained By Trying Them Out Have Given A Tremendous Impetus To Thought And Imagination.

It's 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.

You Can't Touch Love, But You Can Feel The Sweetness That It Pours Into Everything.