To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music.
Source: Journal Intime (1882; tr. by Mrs. Humphry Ward, 1892), entry for 16 Nov 1864.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel, (Sep 27 1821-1881), Swiss writer; He is best known for his Journal which is considered a masterpiece of self-analysis.