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Kurt Hahn
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“Whenever you have to deal with a boy who is a rebel, remember that you must not fail at some time or other to get him to face the question, Are you going to be a fighter or a quarreller?”
Kurt Hahn (1886–1974) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Sir Robert Birley in Kurt Hahn: A Life Span in Education and Politics, ed. Herman Röhrs, 1966, tr. 1970, , Foreword, p. xv.
“What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity; they are ready for sensible self-denial; they dream ahead, and they have a faithful memory, and, above all, great compassion. [...] The well-meaning educator who flatters and humours the young not only does a disservice to the community, but also damages the individual by depriving him of the opportunities of self-discovery.”
Kurt Hahn (1886–1974) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Donald McLachlan in Kurt Hahn: A Life Span in Education and Politics, ed. Herman Röhrs, 1966, tr. 1970, , §1, p. 8.
“There can be no doubt that the youth of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five social diseases surround them, even in early childhood. There is the decline in fitness due to modern methods of locomotion; the decline in initiative due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; the decline in care and skill due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; the decline in self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of tranquilizers and stimulants, and the decline in compassion, which William Temple called "spiritual death.”
Kurt Hahn (1886–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Colorado Outward Bound's 25th anniversary in 1987; as cited in Leadership the Outward Bound Way (2007), .
“The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul.”
Kurt Hahn (1886–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity in pursuit, readiness for sensible self denial, and above all, compassion.”
Kurt Hahn (1886–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An eminent man challenged me to explain what sailing in a schooner could do for international education. In reply, I said we had at that moment the application before us for a future king of an Arab country to enter Gordonstoun. I happened to have at the school some Jews... If the Arab and one of these Jews were to go out sailing on our schooner, perhaps in a Northeasterly gale, and if they were become thoroughly seasick together, I would have done something for international education.”
Kurt Hahn (1886–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source