The child can only develop fully by means of experience in his environment. We call such experience 'work'.

The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something

Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."

The child becomes a person through work.

Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us.

My vision of the future is no longer of people taking exams and proceeding from secondary school to University but of passing from one stage of independence to a higher, by means of their own activity and effort of will.