There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this work of observing and absorbing that alone enables him to adapt himself to life

All our handling of the child will bear fruit, not only at the moment, but in the adult they are destined to become.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.

Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.

This is education, understood as a help to life; an education from birth, which feeds a peaceful revolution and unites all in a common aim, attracting them as to a single centre. Mothers, fathers, politicians: all must combine in their respect and help for this delicate work of formation, which the little child carries on in the depth of a profound psychological mystery, under the tutelage of an inner guide. This is the bright new hope for mankind.