Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.

A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done

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

We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life.

If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth.

In the psychological realm of relationship between teacher and child, the teacher's part and its techniques are analogous to those of the valet; they are to serve, and to serve well: to serve the spirit.

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 . . .