1. “Play is the work of the child.”
2. “Concentration is the key that opens up to the child the latent treasures within him.”
3. “The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”
4. “Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.”
5. “First the education of senses, then the education of the intellect.”
6. “Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding.”
7. “Every great cause is born from repeated failures and from imperfect achievements.”
8. “Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.”
9. “Teach by teaching, not by correcting.”
10. “The child who concentrates is immensely happy.”
11. “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”
12. “Within the child lies the fate of the future.”
13. “The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil”
14. “Order is oe of the needs of life which, when it is satisfied, produces a real happiness.”
15. “Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.”
16. “Of all things love is the most potent.”
17. “With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.”
18. “A vital force is active in every individual an leads it towards its own evolution.”
19. “If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.”
20. “Joy is the evidence of inner growth.”
21. “The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.”
22. “Children become like the things they love.”
23. “The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!”
24. “Discipline must come through liberty.”
25. “What the hand does mind remembers.”
26. “The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment.”
27. “The real preparation for education is the study of one’s self.”
28. “Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.”
29. “The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.”
30. “The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.”
