Little children, from the moment in which they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.

The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.

The child is the spiritual builder of mankind, and obstacles to his free development are the stones in the wall by which the soul of man has become imprisoned.

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 teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.

The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a learning experience and less a punitive experience if appropriately dealt with.

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.