The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live.

When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.

Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.

The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.

Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.

If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself

Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.