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.

There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees, and all of the life to be found around them in a real forest.

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

The hand is the prehensile organ of the mind.

There should be music in the child's environment, just as there does exist in the child's environment spoken speech. In the social environment the child should be considered and music should be provided.

The development of the mind comes through movement

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.