Children become like the things they love.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this is the book of the teacher; this is the book which must inspire her actions . . .

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

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

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.