Maria Montessori

There can be no substitute for work neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes what may seem a strange conclusion: that education must start from birth.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war.

What is generally known as discipline in traditional schools is not activity, but immobility and silence. It is not discipline, but something that festers inside a child, arousing his rebellious feelings.