Quotes by : Charlotte M. Mason

We probably read Shakespeare in the first place for his stories, afterwards for his characters. . . .....

Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind.

Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is....

None of us can be proof against the influences that proceed from the persons he associates with. Wherefore,....

...my object is to show that the chief function of the child--his business in the world during the first....

Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves....

Self-education is the only possible education the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child's....

The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much....

Let children alone... the education of habit is successful in so far as it enables the mother to let....