The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self.

If we try to think back to the dim and distant past... what is it that helps us reconstruct those times, and to picture the lives of those who lived in them? It is their art... It is thanks to the hand, the companion of the mind, that civilization has arisen.

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.

Adults have not understood children or adolescents and they are, as a consequence, in continual conflict with them.

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.