A child needs freedom within limits.

A teacher, therefore, who would think that he could prepare himself for his mission through study alone would be mistaken. The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us.

Children are not only sensitive to silence, but also to a voice which calls them ... Out of that silence.

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

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