Character Formation Cannot Be Taught. It Comes

The Exercises Of Practical Life Are Formative Activities, A Work Of Adaptation To The Environment. Such Adaptation To The Environment And Efficient Functioning Therein Is The Very Essence Of A Useful Education.

The Essential Thing Is To Arouse Such An Interest That It Engages The Child’s Whole Personality.

The Unknown Energy That Can Help Humanity Is That Which Lies Hidden In The Child.

The Whole Of Mankind Is One And Only One, One Race, One Class And One Society.

Adults Look Upon A Child As Something Empty That Is To Be Filled Through Their Own Efforts, As Something Inert And Helpless For Which They Must Do Everything, As Something Lacking An Inner Guide And In Constant Need Of Inner Direction. . . . An Adult Who Acts In This Way, Even Though He May Be Convinced That He Is Filled With Zeal, Love, And A Spirit Of Sacrifice On Behalf Of His Child, Unconsciously Suppresses The Development Of The Child's Own Personality.