Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult's life, for it is in his early years that a man is made.

In the psychological realm of relationship between teacher and child, the teacher's part and its techniques are analogous to those of the valet; they are to serve, and to serve well: to serve the spirit.

The whole of mankind is one and only one, one race, one class and one society.

Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.

Order is not goodness; but perhaps it is the indispensable road to arrive at it.

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

Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding.