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

The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."

Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.

Beauty lies in harmony, not in contrast; and harmony is refinement; therefore, there must be a fineness of the senses if we are to appreciate harmony.

No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.

The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence.

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.