If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to posses them.

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.

Glory be to Him who changes others and remains Himself unchanged!

I am flagrantly nuts. I can say this because I am a doctor and I know about these things.

And like anyone who is in valiant pursuit of dreams, the ups and downs come and go, but the dream lives in the heart forever.

Well done, my fine fellow out of my womb. What have you gained? Nothing! And oh, what have you lost? Everything!

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom and lakes die.

It's not easy to define poetry.

Principles have a way of yielding to power.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

Acting is what I've pursued since I was a child.

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.