Immanuel Kant Quote

Good and strong will. Mechanism must precede science (learning). Also in morals and religion? Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last.

Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 9 - The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)