The child is an enigma… He has the highest potentialities, but we do not know what he will be.

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

A humankind abandoned in its earlier formative stage becomes its own greatest threat to survival.

... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This does not mean just to amuse him and let him do what he likes. But it does mean that we have to adjust our minds to doing a work of collaboration with nature, to being obedient to one of her laws, the law which decrees that development comes from environmental experience.

The child who concentrates is immensely happy

Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.

The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that he finds in his path. A vital force is active within him, and this guides his efforts towards their goal. It is a force called the 'horme', by Sir Percy Nunn.