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.

Order is ... the true key to rapidity of reaction.

The aim of education should not be to teach how to use human energies to improve the environment, for we are finally beginning to realize that the cornerstone of education is the development of the human personality, and that in this regard education is of immediate importance for the salvation of mankind.

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

The concept of an education centered upon the care of the living being alters all previous ideas. Resting no longer on a curriculum, or a timetable, education must conform to the facts of human life.

First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect.

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