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.

No one who has ever done anything really great or successful has ever done it simply because he was attracted by what we call a 'reward' or by the fear of what we call a 'punishment.'

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

Order is one of the needs of life which, when it is satisfied, produces a real happiness

Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.

To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.

The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something