The hand is the prehensile organ of the mind.

When a child is given a little leeway, he will at once shout, "I want to do it!" But in our schools, which have an environment adapted to children's needs, they say, "Help me to do it alone." And these words reveal their inner needs.

If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they have learned to pour it themselves and stop fastening their buttons as soon as they can fasten them without help.

He who is served is limited in his independence.

The prize and punishments are incentives toward unnatural or forced effort, and, therefore we certainly cannot speak of the natural development of the child in connection with them.

Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.