राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

A System of National Education
I. THE HUMAN MIND
The true basis of Education is
the study of the human mind, infant,
adolescent, and adult. Any system
of Education founded on theories of
academic perfection, which ignores
the instrument of study, is more
likely to hamper and impair intellec-
tual growth than to produce a perfect
and perfectly equipped mind. For
the Educationist has to do, not with
dead material like the artist or
sculptor, but with an infinitely subtle
and sensitive organism. He cannot
shape an educational masterpiece out
of human wood or stone ; he has to
work in the elusive substance of mind
and respect the limits imposed by the
fragile human body.