Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.
Maria MontessoriTo let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.
Maria MontessoriWhen mental development is under discussion, there are many who say, 'How does movement come into it? We are talking about the mind.' And when we think of intellectual activity, we always imagine people sitting still, motionless. But mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.
Maria Montessori