To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.

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.

It might be your fate not to succeed, but your FAITH in you can change your fate.

Ill-fitted T-shirts stretched over a gut are my pet hate. And if the colour's faded - ugh.

Since reality TV everything is much more celebrity-oriented, there are gossip magazines, people seem to be obsessed with every little detail. That's why I'm so pleased that I'm not starting out now.

Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it.

Most people are not particularly good at anything.

He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed; ay, if possible, a better seed than that whose fruit he has enjoyed.

Sudden wealth was the great insulator, second only to sudden bereavement.

Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.

When you live with the Devil you learn there's a God very quickly.

It's very easy for me to play silly, but to reveal something closer to you, that's so much harder.