We must support as much as possible the child's desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent.

Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and assert his mastery over all that depends on him.

Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

Of all things love is the most potent.

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

Two things are necessary, the development of individuality and the participation of the individual in a truly social life.

The principal agent is the object itself and not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the objects; it is the child who is active, and not the teacher.