If we can simply distinguish between the different successive stages of evolution, it is possible to see primeval events within the earthly events of the present.

If a child has been able in his play to give up his whole loving being to the world around him, he will be able, in the serious tasks of later life, to devote himself with confidence and power to the service of the world.

Most naughtiness arises because the children are bored and lack a relationship with the teacher.

It is important that we discover an educational method where people learn to learn and go on learning their whole lives

Reverence, enthusiasm, and a sense of guardianship, these three are actually the panacea, the magical remedy, in the soul of the educator and teacher.

To be free is to be capable of thinking one's own thoughts - not the thoughts merely of the body, or of society, but thoughts generated by one's deepest, most original, most essential and spiritual self, one's individuality.

Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, and send them forth in freedom.