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Kurt Hahn Quotes

1886–1974 Germany

Kurt Hahn (5 June 1886 – 14 December 1974) was a German-born British educator and founder of several innovative educational movements, including Outward Bound.

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The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul.

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?

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.

It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions … but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.

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There are three ways of trying to win the young. You can preach at them—that is a hook without a worm. You can say, "You must volunteer"—that is of the devil. And you can tell them, "You are needed"—that appeal hardly ever fails.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kurt Hahn (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.