At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

There are many things which no teacher can convey to a child of three, but a child of five can do it with ease.

As soon as children find something that interests them they lose their instability and learn to concentrate.

Nothing is created or destroyed in nature.

Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society.

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.