As quoted by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895). p. 573.
“A pupil from whom nothing is ever demanded which he cannot do never does all he can.”
Source: Autobiography (1873), Ch. 1: Childhood and Early Education (p. 32 http://archive.org/stream/autobiographymil00milluoft#page/32/mode/2up/search/%22a+pupil+from+whom+nothing+is+ever+demanded+which+he+cannot+do+never+does+all+he+can%22)
The Scouter http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/outlook.html (January, 1912)
The Rainbow of Desire (1995)
Context: Theatre has nothing to do with buildings or other physical constructions. Theatre — or theatricality — is the capacity, this human property which allows man to observe himself in action, in activity. The self-knowledge thus acquired allows him to be the subject (the one who observes) of another subject (the one who acts). It allows him to imagine variations of his action, to study alternatives. Man can see himself in the act of seeing, in the act of acting, in the act of feeling, the act of thinking. Feel himself feeling, think himself thinking.
Indian Philosophy & Culture. Volume 12. Vrindāvan (India): Institute of Oriental Philosophy. 1967.
Misattributed to Chateaubriand on the internet and even some recently published books, this statement actually originated with L. P. Jacks in Education through Recreation (1932)
Misattributed
Source: Who Is Man? (1965), Ch. 5<!-- Manipulation and appreciation, p. 82 -->
Context: There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation. In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use. In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)
