Free choice is one of the highest of all the mental processes.

The child should live in an environment of beauty.

The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.

Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.

...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. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.

The child who concentrates is immensely happy

The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself.