Order is one of the needs of life which, when it is satisfied, produces a real happiness
Maria MontessoriIf an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.
Maria MontessoriEnvironment is undoubtedly a secondary factor in the phenomena of life; it can modify in that it can help or hinder, but it can never create.
Maria MontessoriTo teach details is to bring confusion; to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge.
Maria Montessori