We shall guard ourselves against the temptations of artificial wants which the ingenuity of producers offers in seductive forms.

We shall, to sum up all in one master-principle, estimate value and costs in terms of life… we shall seek nothing of which the cost to the producer so measured exceeds the gain to ourselves.

The limit of luxury is the power of sharing.

What [Jesus] denounced was the love of, the lust of riches;  the vulgar snobbishness that chose exclusively the fellowship or the ways of rich men;  the habit of extravagance;  in one word, greed and luxury and self-indulgence. 

Children have more need of models than of critics.

A child, who by severity is set on its defence or drawn into falsehood, is often melted into full confession by being loved and trusted more than it deserves.

punishments ought to be reformatory.   Not only must they never, by vindictiveness in him who gives, and degradation in him who receives, impair the instincts and resolves for a better life;

DISCIPLINE, like the bridle in the hand of a good rider, should exercise its influence without appearing to do so, should be ever active, both as a support and as a restraint, yet seem to lie easily in hand.

The child sees what we are, behind what we wish to be…. This is why the first principle of education is: train yourself;  and the first rule to follow if you wish to possess yourself of a child’s will is: master your own. 

All transitions are dangerous;  and the most dangerous is the transition from the restraint of the family circle to the non-restraint of the world.