To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life.

Growth is not merely a harmonious increase in size, but a transformation.

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

Only when the child is able to identify its own center with the center of the universe does education really begin.

For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

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.