The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

We must support as much as possible the child's desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent.

If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.

It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.

Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms. It is these that are hereditary and characteristic of the human species. But the promise they hold can only be fulfilled through the experience of free activity conducted in the environment.