"Montessori is an education for independence, preparing not just for school but for life." -- Maria Montessori

"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." -- Maria Montessori

"Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production -- are all factors of enormous value for the human soul." -- Maria Montessori