We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.

When mental development is under discussion, there are many who say, 'How does movement come into it? We are talking about the mind.' And when we think of intellectual activity, we always imagine people sitting still, motionless. But mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.

The child has other powers than ours, and the creation he achieves is no small one; it is everything.

Giving children the opportunity to stir up life and leave it free to discover.

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.