The roots of every plant seek out, from among the many substances which the soil contains, only those which they need.

The child in the postnatal (or psychological) period of his embryonic life, absorbs from the world about him the distinctive patterns to which the...

It may be said that that we acquire knowledge by using our minds; but the child absorbs knowledge directly into his psychic life.

If we are to walk, we must have ground to walk on; after we have learnt to walk, we may learn to jump, dance, etc., but we will still need the ground...

...at birth all children are alike, and need the same treatment or education during the stage of embryonic growth, of mental incarnation.

A child learns to adjust himself and make acquisitions in his sensitive periods. These are like a beam that lights interiorly or a battery that...

Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, where study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants - doing nothing but live and walk...

The child has other powers than ours, and the creation he achieves is no small one; it is everything.

The child has a different relation to his environment from ours... the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of...

There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this work of observing and absorbing...