To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.

All our handling of the child will bear fruit, not only at the moment, but in the adult they are destined to become.

The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this is the book of the teacher; this is the book which must inspire her actions . . .

The greatest triumph of our educational method should always be this: to bring about the spontaneous progress of the child.

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity and he will feel free.

At one year of age the child says his first intentional wordhis babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligenceHe becomes ever more aware that language refers to his surroundings, and his wish to master it consciously becomes also greater.Subconsciously and unaided, he strains himself to learn, and this effort makes his success all the more astonishing.