Joy is the evidence of inner growth.

Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on one's powers, it is necessary to follow this path of unremitting toil.

A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.

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

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in order to grow, and is working to create the adult, the person that is to be. Such experience is not just play... it is work he must do in order to grow up.

Today, however, those things which occupy us in the field of education are the interests of humanity at large and of civilization, and before such great forces we can recognize only one country-the entire world.

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