If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to possess t… - Maria Montessori

If help and salvation are to come they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men. The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a new world, then education must take as its aim the development of these hidden possibilities.

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future.

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.