"All the powers of the mind should be called into use and developed in order for men and women to have well-balanced minds. The world is full of one-sided men and women who have become such because one set of their faculties was cultivated while others were dwarfed from inaction. The education of most youth is a failure. They overstudy, while they neglect that which pertains to practical business life. Men and women become parents without considering their responsibilities, and their offspring sink lower in the scale of human deficiency than they themselves. Thus the race is fast degenerating. The constant application to study, as the schools are now conducted, is unfitting youth for practical life. The human mind will have action. If it is not active in the right direction, it will be active in the wrong. In order to preserve the balance of the mind, labor and study should be united in the schools. 3T 152.2"
"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man."
Both passages highlight the importance of balanced development. Luke 2:52 describes Jesus' growth in wisdom, stature, and favor, while EGW emphasizes the need to cultivate all faculties of the mind and body for well-rounded individuals.