Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity.

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

The instructions of the teacher consist then merely in a hint, a touch-enough to give a start to the child. The rest develops of itself.

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.

We are the sowers - our children are those who reap. We labor so that future generations will be better and nobler than we are.

The teacher's task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's mental hunger. She is not like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus. The needs of the child are clearly more difficult to answer.