
Whoever wishes to confer some benefit on society must preserve him from deviations and observe his natural ways of acting. "Within the child lies the fate of the future. In dazzling fashion these children showed that men have erred and must be completely renewed." Certain traits which are commonly esteemed also disappeared. They were freed from numerous, deep-seated defects. They passed from a state of grief to happiness. Through movement we come in contact with external reality, and it is through these contacts that we eventually acquire even abstract ideas." "Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. These are some of my favorite quotes by Maria Montessori:
