There is in every child a painstaking teacher so skillful that he obtains identical results in all children in all parts of the world. The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one teaches them anything.

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

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.

The world of education is like an island where people cut off from the world are prepared for life by exclusion from it.

Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.

The greatest triumph of our educational method should always be this: to bring about the spontaneous progress of the child.

Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline.