It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of the child; he will make discoveries rather more voluntarily in a gracious setting than in an ugly one.

At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.

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

We are the sowers - our children are those who reap. We labor so that future generations will be better and nobler than we are.

To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.

It is true that we cannot make a genius. We can only give to teach child the chance to fulfil his potential possibilities.

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