Having Respect for the world is when you allow people to be what they are.

Children do not play because they learn; They play because they play.

A positive goal to strive for when disciplining would be to raise children we not only love, but in whose company we love being.

The more we do, the busier we are, the less we really pay attention.

RIE emphasizes the benefits of infants spending peaceful, uninterrupted time following their biological rhythms of falling asleep when sleepy and eating when hungry, rather than their having to adjust too soon to external schedules and unrealistic expectations. First, we have to let the child develop his own rhythm; and then later he can adjust more into adult life.

Infancy is a vulnerable stage of development, therefore, it's not enough that babies receive good care, the care must be excellent.

Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better.