Quotations from Nurtured By Love by Shinichi Suzuki:
About Children:
They have no thought of self-deception.
They trust people and do not doubt at all.
They know only how to love, and not how to hate.
They love justice and scrupulously keep the rules.
They seek joy, live cheerfully, and are full of life.
They know no fear and live in security.
About Education:
Any child is able to display highly superior abilities if correct methods of training are used.
Ability breeds ability…Ability grows as it is trained. Experience and repetition improve talent or ability.
A true artist is a person with beautiful and fine feelings, thoughts, and action. Character first…Ability second.
However wonderful the other person may be, it depends on us alone whether we have the capacity to absorb their greatness.
One has to educate oneself from within to benefit from the greatness of others.
Improvement in ability depends on action and attention. Life’s success or failure depends on the habit of action.
Thought, to be profitable, must immediately be followed by correct action in order to acquire a better habit to replace the present poor habit.
Any skill can be acquired by constant repetition. Progress is the acquisition of new skills. One of the most vital skills is the ability to memorize.
Practicing according to the correct method and practicing as much as possible is the way to acquire ability.