The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself.

The child’s progress does not depend only on his age, but also on being free to look around him.

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.

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

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

An adult who does not understand that a child needs to use his hands and does not recognize this as the first manifestation of an instinct for work can be an obstacle to the child's development

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.