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

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

The child is much more spiritually elevated than is usually supposed. He often suffers, not from too much work, but from work that is unworthy of him.

The principal agent is the object itself and not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the objects; it is the child who is active, and not the teacher.

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

What advice can we give to new mothers? Their children need to work at an interesting occupation: they should not be helped unnecessarily, nor interrupted, once they have begun to do something intelligent.