It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was.
Maria MontessoriThe social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime that society commits is that of wasting the money which it should use for children on things that will destroy them and society itself as well.
Maria MontessoriIt is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.
Maria MontessoriThe teacherโs first duty is to watch over the environment, and this takes precedence over all the rest. Itโs influence is indirect, but unless it be well done there will be no effective and permanent results of any kind, physical, intellectual or spiritual.
Maria Montessori