Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes through his movements.

If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they have learned to pour it themselves and stop fastening their buttons as soon as they can fasten them without help.

Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.

Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

Education demands, then, only this: the utilization of the inner powers of the child for his own instruction.

The study of love and its utilization will lead us to the source from which it springs, The Child.

The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.