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.

There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature.

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

A child's work is to create the person she/he will become.

The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.

This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.

If help and salvation are to come they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.