If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth.

The aim of education should not be to teach how to use human energies to improve the environment, for we are finally beginning to realize that the cornerstone of education is the development of the human personality, and that in this regard education is of immediate importance for the salvation of mankind.

A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the child with our surveillance and instruction

There are many things which no teacher can convey to a child of three, but a child of five can do it with ease.

How often is the soul of man - especially in childhood - deprived because he is not allowed to come in contact with nature.