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

The real preparation for education is the study of one's self.

The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself.

The development of the child during the first three years after birth is unequaled in intensity and importance by any period that precedes or follows in the whole life of the child.

The objects in our system are instead a help to the child himself, he chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own needs, tendencies and special interests. In this way, the objects become a means of growth.

We are the sowers - our children are those who reap. We labor so that future generations will be better and nobler than we are.

With younger children the greatest reward is to be able to pass on to a new stage in each subject. It is a punishment to a young child not to be allowed to use the apparatus but to sit still and do nothing.