The development of the child during the first three years after birth is unequaled in intensity and importance by any period that precedes or follows in the whole life of the child.

Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious about two fundamental things ... the first is the love of activity... The second fundamental thing is independence.

To have a vision of the cosmic plan, in which every form of life depends on directed movements which have effects beyond their conscious aim, is to understand the child's work and be able to guide it better.

A child is a discoverer. He is an amorphous, splendid being in search of his own proper form.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

The child should live in an environment of beauty.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.