The child has a different relation to his environment from ours... the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul. He incarnates in himself all in the world about him that his eyes see and his ears hear.

The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.

The unknown energy that can help humanity is that which lies hidden in the child.

The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a learning experience and less a punitive experience if appropriately dealt with.

The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.

The essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the child’s whole personality.

Teach by teaching, not by correcting