Discipline must come through liberty.

If we try to think back to the dim and distant past... what is it that helps us reconstruct those times, and to picture the lives of those who lived in them? It is their art... It is thanks to the hand, the companion of the mind, that civilization has arisen.

When a child is given a little leeway, he will at once shout, "I want to do it!" But in our schools, which have an environment adapted to children's needs, they say, "Help me to do it alone." And these words reveal their inner needs.

The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction.

To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.

Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.