It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

These words reveal the child’s inner needs; ‘Help me to do it alone’.

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are a part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity. This idea helps the mind of the child to become fixed, to stop wandering in an aimless quest for knowledge. He is satisfied, having found the universal centre of himself with all things.

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

As soon as children find something that interests them they lose their instability and learn to concentrate.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child