Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization.

The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.

At three years of age, the child has already laid the foundations of the human personality and needs the special help of education in the school. The acquisitions he has made are such that we can say the child who enters school at three is an old man.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

In the first three years of life, the foundations of physical and also of psychic health are laid. In these years, the child not only increases in size but passes through great transformations. This is the age in which language and movement develop. The child must be safeguarded in order that these activities may develop freely.