Charlotte M. Mason quotes:

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

Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education.

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

...my object is to show that the chief function of the child--his business in the world during the first six or seven years of his life--is to find out all he can, about whatever comes under his notice, by means of his five senses...