The Wisdom of Maria Montessori

“If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.”

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

“The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.”

“Moral Education is the source of that spiritual equilibrium on which everything else depends and which may be compared to that physical equilibrium or sense of balance, without which it is impossible to stand upright or to move into any other position.”