The child’s parents are not his makers but his guardians.

Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline.

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.

He who is served is limited in his independence.

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.