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"Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity which is derived from a sense of independence."
"We are the sowers - our children are those who reap. We labor so that future generations will be better and nobler than we are."
"Play is the work of the child."
"The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy."
"The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator."
"Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future."
"What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth of enthusiasm and love."
"Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life."
"As soon as children find something that interests them they lose their instability and learn to concentrate."
"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."
"To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life."
"The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult."
"The whole of mankind is one and only one, one race, one class and one society."
"Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding."
"He does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence."
"The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth."
"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."
"The teacher's task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's mental hunger. She is not like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus. The needs of the child are clearly more difficult to answer."
"The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination."
"We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit."