A great deal of time and intellectual force are lost in the world, because the false seems great and the truth so small and insignificant.

He does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.

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

Play is the work of the child.

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

The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.

A child's work is to create the person she/he will become.