A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.
Maria MontessoriThe first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil.
Maria MontessoriThe child has a different relation to his environment from ours... the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul. He incarnates in himself all in the world about him that his eyes see and his ears hear.
Maria Montessori