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

Order is not goodness; but perhaps it is the indispensable road to arrive at it.

We do not believe in the educative power of words and commands alone, but seek cautiously, and almost without the child's knowing it, to guide his natural activity.

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.

Environment is undoubtedly a secondary factor in the phenomena of life; it can modify in that it can help or hinder, but it can never create.