Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, where study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants -- doing nothing but live and walk about -- came to know all things, to carry in their minds the whole of learning; would you not think I was romancing? Well, just this, which seems so fanciful as to be nothing but the invention of a fertile imagination, is a reality. It is the child's way of learning.

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

We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life.

The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.

The more the capacity to concentrate is developed, the more often the profound tranquility in work is achieved, then the clearer will be the manifestation of discipline within the child.

The activity of the child has always been looked upon as an expression of his vitality.

The adult works to improve his environment while the child works to improve himself.