The objects in our system are instead a help to the child himself, he chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own needs, tendencies and special interests. In this way, the objects become a means of growth.

At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.

The human hand allows the mind to reveal itself.

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him.

There are many things which no teacher can convey to a child of three, but a child of five can do it with ease.

A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.