As soon as children find something that interests them they lose their instability and learn to concentrate.

Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.

If I am going up a ladder, and a dog begins to bite at my ankles, I can do one of two things - either turn round and kick out at the it, or simply go on up the ladder. I prefer to go up the ladder!

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.

Children are not only sensitive to silence, but also to a voice which calls them ... Out of that silence.

The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this is the book of the teacher; this is the book which must inspire her actions . . .

This is the treasure we need today - helping the child become independent of us and make his way by himself, receiving in return his gifts of hope and light.