Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.

Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.

Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline.

In the psychological realm of relationship between teacher and child, the teacher's part and its techniques are analogous to those of the valet; they are to serve, and to serve well: to serve the spirit.

Since it is through movement that the will realises itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will into act.