The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.

The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.

Concentration is a part of life. It is not the consequence of a method of education.

The world of education is like an island where people cut off from the world are prepared for life by exclusion from it.

The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this is the book of the teacher; this is the book which must inspire her actions . . .

We seek to sow life in the child rather than theories, to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well as physical, and for that we must offer grand and lofty ideas to the human mind.

We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life.