Children learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge.

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

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

The child, unhampered, does not waste time.

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 learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge.