"We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning"

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"

"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses"

"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death"

"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me"

"Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn"

"Immortality - a fate worse than death"

"The soul is healed by being with children"