in nature everything is transformed but nothing destroyed.

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.

The magnitude of any one day is compromised by its passing quickly into the next, a mere moment in time which soon fades into the collective memory of our past.

The only people who you should get even with are those who have helped you.

The response closest to the truth was probably something like 'Nothing'

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

As the oceans go, so do we.

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.

Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.

I've been wanting to do a play for years.