1ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): عَرامَةُ الصَّبيِّ في صِغَرِهِ زِيادَةٌ في عَقلِهِ في كِبَرِهِ.
1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Chiding a boy in his childhood [as discipline] leads to an increase in his intellect as an adult.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30747]
2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لم يُجهِدْ نَفسَهُ في صِغَرِهِ لَم يَنبُلْ في كِبَرِهِ.
2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who does not exert himself in his childhood will not be high-minded when he grows up.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8272]
3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن سَألَ في صِغَرِهِ أجابَ في كِبَرِهِ.
3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who asks questions as a child is able to answer them himself as an adult.’[Ibid. no. 8273]
4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم يَتَعَلَّمْ في الصِّغَرِ لَم يَتَقَدَّمْ في الكِبَرِ.
4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who does not learn as a child does not progress as an adult.’[Ibid. no. 8937]
5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الجاهِلُ صَغيرٌ وإن كانَ شَيخاً، والعالِمُ كَبيرٌ وإن كانَ حَدَثاً.
5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The ignorant man is a child even though he may be old, while the knowledgeable man is an adult even though he be young.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 183, no. 85]
6ـ الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): تُستَحَبُّ عَرامَةُ الغُلامِ في صِغَرِهِ لِيَكُونَ حَليماً في كِبَرِهِ.
6– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘It is recommended to discipline a boy in his childhood in order that he be clement as an adult.’[al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 493, no. 4748]
