Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline.

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

The world of education is like an island where people cut off from the world are prepared for life by exclusion from it.

The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.

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.

Children become like the things they love.

Play is the work of the child.