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

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.

The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

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.

We seek to sow life in the child rather than theories, to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well as physical, and for that we must offer grand and lofty ideas to the human mind.