The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.

The activity of the child has always been looked upon as an expression of his vitality.

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

The child who concentrates is immensely happy