We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life.

A child needs freedom within limits.

Since it is through movement that the will realises itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will into act.

The child should live in an environment of beauty.

The more the capacity to concentrate is developed, the more often the profound tranquility in work is achieved, then the clearer will be the manifestation of discipline within the child.

The laws governing the universe can be made interesting and wonderful to the child, more interesting even that things in themselves, and he begins to ask: What am I? What is the task of man in this wonderful universe? Do we merely live here for ourselves, or is there something more for us to do? Why do we struggle and fight? What is good and evil? Where will it all end?

The activity of the child has always been looked upon as an expression of his vitality.