No one can be free unless he is independent.

It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.

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.

When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

Education must start from birth.

Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

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