"Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Is there a difference? Yes. We are in harmony with nature, but never at peace.”

“Our strength grows out of our weakness.”

“For everything you gain, you lose something.”

“If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.”

“Conversation with a friend will only bear good fruit of knowledge when both think only of the matter under consideration and forget that they are friends.”

“The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good conversation comes into being.”

“That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.”

“I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.”

“There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not stay in the mind. So avoid compulsion, and let your children's lessons take the form of play.”