The unknown energy that can help humanity is that which lies hidden in the child.
This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.
All human victories, all human progress, stand upon the inner force.
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.
The child endures all things.
The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education.