The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child.

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him.

At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.

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

If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.

At about a year and a half, the child discovers another fact, and that is that each thing has its own name.