"It is clear that nature includes

among the missions

she has entrusted to the child,

the mission of arousing us, adults,

to reach a higher level."

Maria Montessori

"Nature revels in diversity.

Just as no two human faces are alike,

so each mind is a special creation

and builds up a unique

system of knowledge...

Each has its own special capacities,

its own method of

organizing its experience,

its own flashes of illumination."

from Maria Montessori
Her Life and Work, by  E.M.Standing