Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.

Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society.

The child's conquests of independence are the basic steps in what is called his 'natural development'.

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.

But if for the physical life it is necessary to have the child exposed to the vivifying forces of nature, it is also necessary for his psychical life to place the soul of the child in contact with creation.

No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.

In the psychological realm of relationship between teacher and child, the teacher's part and its techniques are analogous to those of the valet; they are to serve, and to serve well: to serve the spirit.