Education must start from birth.

At one year of age the child says his first intentional wordhis babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligenceHe becomes ever more aware that language refers to his surroundings, and his wish to master it consciously becomes also greater.Subconsciously and unaided, he strains himself to learn, and this effort makes his success all the more astonishing.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child ... No slave was ever so much the property of his master as the child is of his parent ... Never were the rights of man ever so disregarded as in the case of the child.

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.

The adult works to improve his environment while the child works to improve himself.

When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

No one can be free unless he is independent.