Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and assert his mastery over all that depends on him.

The child will reveal himself through work.

The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment.

The concept of an education centered upon the care of the living being alters all previous ideas. Resting no longer on a curriculum, or a timetable, education must conform to the facts of human life.

It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.

Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on one's powers, it is necessary to follow this path of unremitting toil.

The essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the child’s whole personality.