Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.

Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult's life, for it is in his early years that a man is made.

To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life.

Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.