There are many things which no teacher can convey to a child of three, but a child of five can do it with ease.

The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.

When a child is given a little leeway, he will at once shout, "I want to do it!" But in our schools, which have an environment adapted to children's needs, they say, "Help me to do it alone." And these words reveal their inner needs.

Discipline must come through liberty.

Play is the work of the child.

It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has.

This is the treasure we need today - helping the child become independent of us and make his way by himself, receiving in return his gifts of hope and light.