The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.

An adult who does not understand that a child needs to use his hands and does not recognize this as the first manifestation of an instinct for work can be an obstacle to the child's development

Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment.

Knowing what we must do is neither fundamental nor difficult, but to comprehend which presumptions and vain prejudices we must rid ourselves of in order to be able to educate our children is most difficult.

Order is not goodness; but perhaps it is the indispensable road to arrive at it.

When a child is given a little leeway, he will at once shout, "I want to do it!" But in our schools, which have an environment adapted to children's needs, they say, "Help me to do it alone." And these words reveal their inner needs.

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.