Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.
Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.
In nature nothing creates itself and nothing destroys itself.
When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.
Two things are necessary, the development of individuality and the participation of the individual in a truly social life.
To have a vision of the cosmic plan, in which every form of life depends on directed movements which have effects beyond their conscious aim, is to understand the child's work and be able to guide it better.