The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.
Maria MontessoriSince it is through movement that the will realises itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will into act.
Maria MontessoriTimes have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and along with them our conviction that mankind can hope for a solution to its problems, among which the most urgent are those of peace and unity, only by turning its attention and energies to the discovery of the child and to the development of the great potentialities of the human personality in the course of its formation.
Maria Montessori