A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done

Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was.

A child needs freedom within limits.

One of the great problems facing men is their failure to realize the fact that a child possesses an active psychic life even when he cannot manifest it, and that the child must secretly perfect this inner life over a long period of time.

The objects in our system are instead a help to the child himself, he chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own needs, tendencies and special interests. In this way, the objects become a means of growth.

Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.