Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. Votes: 34
The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn. Votes: 13
Play is the work of the child. Votes: 6
For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind? Votes: 5
Joy is the evidence of inner growth. Votes: 0
Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists. Votes: 0
A child is a discoverer. He is an amorphous, splendid being in search of his own proper form. Votes: 0
A child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature. Votes: 0
A child needs freedom within limits. Votes: 0
A humankind abandoned in its earlier formative stage becomes its own greatest threat to survival. Votes: 0
A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done Votes: 0
Education must start from birth. Votes: 0
Education, as conceived today, is something separated both from biological and social life. Votes: 0
It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was. Votes: 0
Little children, from the moment they are weaned, are making their way toward independence. Votes: 0
Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them. Votes: 0
Teach by teaching, not by correcting Votes: 0
The child endures all things. Votes: 0
The child is an enigma"¦ He has the highest potentialities, but we do not know what he will be. Votes: 0
The child's progress does not depend only on his age, but also on being free to look around him. Votes: 0
The essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the child's whole personality. Votes: 0
There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it. Votes: 0
To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely. Votes: 0
Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes through his movements. Votes: 0
Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment. Votes: 0