Order is one of the needs of life which, when it is satisfied, produces a real happiness

No one can be free unless he is independent.

If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they have learned to pour it themselves and stop fastening their buttons as soon as they can fasten them without help.

Growth is not merely a harmonious increase in size, but a transformation.

Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society.

Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.

The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.