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.

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.

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.

The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.

Take the risk, and just be.

The work of God does not mean so much man's work for God, as God's own work through man.

Many of us wake up at the age of 40 one day, dreading going to work because we were forced to pick a career before we could legally buy a beer.

The real world has always been far more exciting and funny and dangerous to me than anything somebody could conjure up sitting in front of a computer.

It's much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team.

There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest.

Everything has an end.

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.