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

Education, as conceived today, is something separated both from biological and social life.

No one can help us to achieve the intimate isolation by which we find our secret worlds, so mysterious, rich and full. If others intervene, it is destroyed. This degree of thought, which we attain by freeing ourselves from the external world, must be fed by the inner spirit, and our surroundings cannot influence us in any way other than to leave us in peace.

No one can be free unless he is independent.

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are a part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity. This idea helps the mind of the child to become fixed, to stop wandering in an aimless quest for knowledge. He is satisfied, having found the universal centre of himself with all things.

To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.

Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.