The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself.

For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

This is education, understood as a help to life; an education from birth, which feeds a peaceful revolution and unites all in a common aim, attracting them as to a single centre. Mothers, fathers, politicians: all must combine in their respect and help for this delicate work of formation, which the little child carries on in the depth of a profound psychological mystery, under the tutelage of an inner guide. This is the bright new hope for mankind.

A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done

Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult's life, for it is in his early years that a man is made.

The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for 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.