Adolescence as the time when an individual ‘recapitulates’ the savage stage of the race’s past. – G. Stanley Hall
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
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
Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born. – G. Stanley Hall
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
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
Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself. – G. Stanley Hall
