Great tact and delicacy is necessary for the care of the mind of a child from three to six years, and an adult can have very little of it.
Maria MontessoriEducation today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace.
Maria MontessoriIt is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has.
Maria MontessoriThe goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.
Maria Montessori