A child's work is to create the person she/he will become.
The child is an enigma… He has the highest potentialities, but we do not know what he will be.
No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child
It is necessary for the teacher to guide the child without letting him feel her presence too much, so that she may always be ready to supply the desired help, but may never be the obstacle between the child and his experience.
Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.
Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.