The activity of the child has always been looked upon as an expression of his vitality.

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. It is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.

A teacher, therefore, who would think that he could prepare himself for his mission through study alone would be mistaken. The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.

Education must start from birth.

Concentration is the key that opens up to the child the latent treasures within him.

The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself.

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.