What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children.

That which distinguishes the Soviet system both from other national systems and from the progressive schools of other countries is the conscious control of every educational procedure by reference to a single and comprehensive social purpose.

From the standpoint of the child, the great waste in the school comes from his inability to utilize the experiences he gets outside the school in any complete and free way within the school itself; while, on the other hand, he is unable to apply in daily life what he is learning at school. That is the isolation of the school — its isolation from life.

Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful.

Not only is social life identical with communication, but all communication (and hence all genuine social life) is educative.

The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education — or that the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth.

Schools have ignored the value of experience and chosen to teach by pouring in.