"I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world"

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

"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"

"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness"

"The soul is healed by being with children"

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character"

"Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them"

"Adults are obsolete children"

"The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences"