No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child’s individual liberty must be so guided that...

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.

We habitually serve children; and this is not only an act of servility toward them, but it is dangerous, since it tends to suffocate their useful...

The liberty of the child should have as its limit the collective interest.

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...

We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the...

The concept of liberty which should inspire teaching is, on the other hand, universal: it is the liberation of a life repressed by an infinite number...

The child has his own laws of growth, and if we want to help him grow, we must follow him instead of imposing ourselves on him.

She understands and believes that the children must be free to choose their own occupations just as they must never be interrupted in their...