The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil.

The ancient saying, "There is nothing in the intellect which was not first in some way in the senses," and senses being explorers of the world, opens the way to knowledge.

The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.

It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.

We must support as much as possible the child's desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent.

Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.

The child is much more spiritually elevated than is usually supposed. He often suffers, not from too much work, but from work that is unworthy of him.