The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.

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.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

It's only out of reach when you choose to keep your feet flat on the floor.

I loved him beyond madness being one soul one vein one body, which he never deserved

I believe in this march, You will still love me much, God

Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason.

I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it.

I think some people are really connected to who they were as children. And some people aren't.

If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.

In the deep shadow of the porch A slender bind-weed springs, And climbs, like airy acrobat, The trellises, and swings And dances in the golden sun In fairy loops and rings.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.