G. Stanley Hall Quotes

Being an only child is a disease in itself.
G. Stanley Hall

Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will.
G. Stanley Hall

Sense, Intimate, Muscles

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.
G. Stanley Hall

Age, Hard, Keep

Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.
G. Stanley Hall

Good, Children, Young

Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
G. Stanley Hall

Teen, Human, Born

Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.
G. Stanley Hall

Love, Sex, Down

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
G. Stanley Hall

Less, Habit, Creature

Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
G. Stanley Hall

Good, Best, Farm

The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.
G. Stanley Hall

Future, Past, May

The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.
G. Stanley Hall

Life, Human, Unique

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: February 1, 1844

Died: April 24, 1924

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