"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."
"Knowledge unqualified is knowledge simply of something learned."
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."
"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."
"The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."
"A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his senses and his reason has deserted him."