Environment is undoubtedly a secondary factor in the phenomena of life; it can modify in that it can help or hinder, but it can never create.

The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.

Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.

The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.

Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.

All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

Hope is the seed of happiness.

Knowledge is enthusiasm to learn.

The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries.

Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.

The teacher has more power than the Minister.

Strong and convincing art has never arisen from theories.

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion. It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all