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

Free choice is one of the highest of all the mental processes.

This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.

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

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

The child endures all things.

This is education, understood as a help to life; an education from birth, which feeds a peaceful revolution and unites all in a common aim, attracting them as to a single centre. Mothers, fathers, politicians: all must combine in their respect and help for this delicate work of formation, which the little child carries on in the depth of a profound psychological mystery, under the tutelage of an inner guide. This is the bright new hope for mankind.