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

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.

The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.

We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the child with our surveillance and instruction

The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something

If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in order, trying to make them understand the idea that thus placed they look well, and that it is a good thing to be placed in order . . .