Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.

Red RodsBefore elaborating any system of education, we must therefore create a favorable environment that will encourage the flowering of a child's natural gifts. All that is needed is to remove the obstacles. And this should be the basis of, and point of departure for, all future education. The first thing to be done, therefore, is to discover the true nature of a child and then assist him in his normal development.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

Of all things love is the most potent.

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.