The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.

The role of education is to interest the child profoundly in an external activity to which he will give all his potential

The ‘absorbent mind’ welcomes everything, puts its hope in everything, accepts poverty equally with wealth, adopts any religion and the prejudices and habits of its countrymen, incarnating all in itself. This is the child!

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.

Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.