The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.
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.
A child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature.
Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.
The child becomes a person through work.
The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.