During the first few months of an infant’s life, its manner of taking the breast, of laying its head on the pillow, etc., becomes crystallized into imperative habits. This is why education must begin in the cradle. Jean Piaget Read Quote
To accustom the infant to get out of its own difficulties or to calm it by rocking it may be to lay the foundations of a good or of a bad disposition. Jean Piaget Read Quote
To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active. Jean Piaget Read Quote
Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality. Jean Piaget Read Quote
Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment. Jean Piaget Read Quote
The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects. Jean Piaget Read Quote
The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly. Jean Piaget Read Quote
This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge. Jean Piaget Read Quote
All morality consists in a system of rules, and the essence of all morality is to be sought for in the respect which the individual acquires for these rules. Jean Piaget Read Quote