in nature everything is transformed but nothing destroyed.

Concentration is the key that opens up to the child the latent treasures within him.

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

The hand is the prehensile organ of the mind.

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

The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.