G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist and first president of the APA, known for adolescent psychology studies.
Most quoted
"Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life."
— from Speech at Johns Hopkins, 1883
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way."
— from The Contents of Children's Minds on Entering School, 1891
"The highest goal of education is to produce individuals who are capable of self-direction and self-realization."
— from Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education, 1904
All quotes by G. Stanley Hall (99)
Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
The child is the text-book of the future.
The soul is a bundle of habits.
The true end of education is to make young men and women capable of self-education.
The highest form of education is that which is self-education.
Play is the purest, most spiritual activity of man.
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way.
The child is father of the man.
Education is the art of making man ethical.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
The best way to teach is to awaken the desire to learn.
The school should be a place where children learn to live, not just to make a living.
The child is not a miniature adult.
The study of children is the most important study in the world.
The highest goal of education is to produce individuals who are capable of self-direction and self-realization.
The best education is that which is most in harmony with the nature of the child.
The child's mind is a tabula rasa, but it is not a blank slate.
The true measure of a civilization is how it treats its children.
The purpose of education is to help children realize their full potential.
The child is a growing organism, not a static entity.
Contemporaries of G. Stanley Hall
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924).