Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms. It is these that are hereditary and characteristic of the human species. But the promise they hold can only be fulfilled through the experience of free activity conducted in the environment.
Maria MontessoriEducation, as conceived today, is something separated both from biological and social life.
Maria MontessoriThe child is an enigmaโฆ He has the highest potentialities, but we do not know what he will be.
Maria MontessoriA child is a discoverer. He is an amorphous, splendid being in search of his own proper form.
Maria MontessoriWe shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are a part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity. This idea helps the mind of the child to become fixed, to stop wandering in an aimless quest for knowledge. He is satisfied, having found the universal centre of himself with all things.
Maria Montessori