One of the great problems facing men is their failure to realize the fact that a child possesses an active psychic life even when he cannot manifest it, and that the child must secretly perfect this inner life over a long period of time.

The needs of mankind are universal. Our means of meeting them create the richness and diversity of the planet. The Montessori child should come to relish the texture of that diversity.

The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment.

But an adult if he is to provide proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him can clearly see his actions in all their particulars.

Since it is through movement that the will realises itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will into act.

No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.

The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.