When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

Two things are necessary, the development of individuality and the participation of the individual in a truly social life.

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime that society commits is that of wasting the money which it should use for children on things that will destroy them and society itself as well.

There are many things which no teacher can convey to a child of three, but a child of five can do it with ease.

The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.