38 Quotes by Anne Sullivan Macy

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Language grows out of life, out of its needs and experiences. 828.

I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

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.