Children become like the things they love.

The greatest triumph of our educational method should always be this: to bring about the spontaneous progress of the child.

The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.

The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child.

Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.