The environment must be so arranged that they can carry out these activities in their own way and at their own rate.

Mario Montessori Jr, Education for Human Development

One of the greatest difficulties in securing discipline lies in the fact that it cannot be obtained simply with words. Discipline is therefore attained indirectly, that it, by developing activity in spontaneous work.

Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the Child

The process of living, is for the child, an extension and amplification of himself.

Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind

The principal agent is the object itself and not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the objects, it is the child who is active, and not the teacher.

Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the Child