Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.

Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful and clear, striking his imagination. Once this love has been kindled, all problems confronting the educationist will disappear.

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.

I have studied the child. I have taken what the child has given me and expressed it and that is what is called the Montessori method.

The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.

To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.