The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime.

Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.

A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world.

The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

A school’s job [is] to begin education.

Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.