Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding.
We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.
It is true that we cannot make a genius. We can only give to teach child the chance to fulfil his potential possibilities.
The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.
What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth of enthusiasm and love.
Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.
The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity which is derived from a sense of independence.
The teacher’s task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child’s mental hunger. She is not like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus. The needs of the child are clearly more difficult to answer.
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.
To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life.
The child should live in an environment of beauty.
The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.
Joy is the evidence of inner growth.
The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.
The whole of mankind is one and only one, one race, one class and one society.
At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.
There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature.
The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.