The only race I know is the human one.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell.

Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?

Go out as far as you can go and start from there

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields for society. Such a school demands from the teacher that he be a kind of artist in his province.