Not in the service of any political or social creed should the teacher work, but in the service of the complete human being, able to exercise in...

A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done.

The lesson must be presented in such a way that the personality of the teacher shall disappear. There shall remain in evidence only the object to...

The adult ought never to mould the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself...

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.

The educator must be as one inspired by a deep worship of life, and must, through this reverence, respect, while he observes with human interest, the...

The child should love everything that he learns, for his mental and emotional growths are linked. Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful...

The child must learn by his own individual authority...and not to be questioned in his choice. Our teaching must only answer the mental needs of the...

...as soon as concentration appears (in a student), the teacher should pay no attention, as if that child did not exist. Even if two children want the...

Man has abandoned the natural path of life for the fatal way of civilisation...The child is entirely in the care of the adults, and they, unless...