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

It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment of mankind. It is the spirit of the child that can determine the course of human progress and lead it perhaps even to a higher form of civilization.

If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in order, trying to make them understand the idea that thus placed they look well, and that it is a good thing to be placed in order . . .

Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

The more the capacity to concentrate is developed, the more often the profound tranquility in work is achieved, then the clearer will be the manifestation of discipline within the child.

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