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

First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect.

The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.

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

The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child.

Scientific observation then has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment.

The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.