35 Quotes by G. Stanley Hall

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment." ~

.. every step of the upward way is strewn with wreckage of body, mind, and morals.

The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.

Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.

Being an only child is a disease in itself.

Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will.

Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.

Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.