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.

A great deal of time and intellectual force are lost in the world, because the false seems great and the truth so small and insignificant.

Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward the infinite future.

The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.

The child is an enigma… He has the highest potentialities, but we do not know what he will be.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.