In our system we obviously have a different concept of discipline. The discipline that we are looking for is active. We do not believe that one is...

In our system we obviously have a different concept of discipline. The discipline that we are looking for is active. We do not believe that one is...

A man who acts by himself, who expends his strength on his own actions, conquers himself, increases his strength, and perfects himself. If men of the...

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...

It is imperative that a school allow a child's activities to freely develop.

...an individual is disciplined when he is the master of himself and when he can, as a consequence, control himself when he must follow a rule of life...

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

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

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...