It is in the encounter of the maternal guiding instincts with the sensitive periods of the newly born that conscious love develops between parent and child.

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

The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime that society commits is that of wasting the money which it should use for children on things that will destroy them and society itself as well.

The development of the mind comes through movement

To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.

The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this is the book of the teacher; this is the book which must inspire her actions . . .

Within the child lies the fate of the future.