The child becomes a person through work.

A great deal of time and intellectual force are lost in the world, because the false seems great and the truth so small and insignificant.

Praise, help, or even a look, may be enough to interrupt him, or destroy the activity. It seems a strange thing to say, but this can happen even if the child merely becomes aware of being watched. After all, we too sometimes feel unable to go on working if someone comes to see what we are doing. The great principle which brings success to the teacher is this: as soon as concentration has begun, act as if the child does not exist. Naturally, one can see what he is doing with a quick glance, but without his being aware of it.

The child endures all things.

To teach details is to bring confusion; to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge.

The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.

Teach by teaching, not by correcting