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.

The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment.

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

Order is not goodness; but perhaps it is the indispensable road to arrive at it.

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him.

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.

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil.