Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity.

Within the child lies the fate of the future. Whoever wishes to confer some benefit on society must preserve him from deviations and observe his natural ways of acting. A child is mysterious and powerful and contains within himself the secret of human nature.

The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.

Little children, from the moment in which they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.