The child works to become [an adult]; by an inner force which urges him to continual activity he acquires little by little his mature characteristics.

The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.

No one can be free if he is not independent, therefore, in order to attain this independence, the active manifestations of personal liberty must be...

A system of education that is based on liberty ought to aim at assisting a child in obtaining it, and should have as its specific aim the freeing of...

An observer obviously needs something to observe and he must be trained in order to be able to see and recognise objective truth, he must also have at...

A system of education that is based on liberty ought to aim at assisting a child in obtaining it, and should have as its specific aim the freeing of...

The strength of even the smallest children is more than we imagine, but it must have a free play in order to reveal itself.

Every child reveals himself, and it is remarkable how clearly individual differences stand out if we follow this procedure.

There is only one basis for observation: the children must be free to express themselves and thus reveal those needs and attitudes which would...