Quotes from Janusz Korczak

To reform the world - means to reform upbringing...

The soul of a child is as complicated and full of contradictions as our soul is.

Whatever has been achieved through pressure and violence is unstable, unreliable and incorrect.

I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.

I never realized that a child is capable of remembering so well and of waiting so patiently

To reform the world - means to reform upbringing...

Bo przykro, gdy kto? kopnie to, co ty kochasz. A ludzie teraz i niecierpliwi, i roztargnieni, i cz?sto mówi? wcale nie to, co chc?, i robi? wcale nie to, co chc?, a ot tak, co zdarzy si? akurat.

CÂND AR TREBUI S? ÎNCEAP? UN COPIL s? mearg? ?i s? vorbeasc?? Atunci când începe s? mearg? ?i s? vorbeasc?. ?i când ar trebui s?-i ias? din?ii? Exact atunci atunci când încep s?-i ias?. Iar fontanela, de asemenea, ar trebui s? se osifice exact atunci când se osific?. Iar sugarul ar trebui s? doarm? atâtea ore pe zi, câte îi trebuie s? se simt? odihnit.

Wir können Kornblumen nicht befehlen, Getreide zu werden

A?ADAR, TREBUIE S?-I PERMITEM TOTUL? În nici un caz: am transforma un sclav care se plictise?te într-un tiran plictisit. Interzicând, oricum c?lim voin?a m?car în direc?ia autocontrolului ?i renun??rii, îi dezvolt?m creativitatea în activit??i pe un teren îngust, îndemânarea de a se sustrage controlului , îi construim sim?ul critic.

Cine nu mediteaz? temeinic la problema interdic?iilor ?i a obliga?iilor, atunci când acestea sunt mai pu?ine, nu va face fa??, se va sim?i pierdut, când vor fi multe.

Die offenkundig demokratische Gesinnung des Kindes kennt keine Hierarchie. Das Schicksal eines Tagelöhners in seinem Schweiß, eines hungrigen Altersgenossen, eines gequälten Pferdes und eines geschlachteten Huhnes machen es eine Zeitlang traurig. Hund und Vogel, Schmetterlinge und Blume stehen ihm nahe, in einem Steinchen oder in der Muschel sieht es seinen Bruder.

Are decent people in positions of leadership eternally condemned to Calvary?

I am a butterfly drunk with life. I don't know where to soar, but I won't allow life to clip my beautiful wings.

I have signed a pact with life: we will not get in each other's way

Life never gives more than partial liberation. Achievement can never be more than fragmentary.

Life is a circus ring, with some moments more spectacular than others.

Life bites like a dog.

Don't try to become a teacher overnight with psychological bookkeeping in your heart and educational theory in your head.

I am well versed in reading the pages of war.

I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.

The lives of great men are like legends-difficult but beautiful.

When does the loneliness of old age begin?