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Knowing what we must do is ne...

Knowing what we must do is neither fundamental nor difficult, but to comprehend which presumptions and vain prejudices we must rid ourselves of in order to be able to educate our children is most difficult.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

Our goal is not so much the i...

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

Social grace, inner disciplin...

Social grace, inner discipline and joy. These are the birthright of the human being who has been allowed to develop essential human qualities.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

If the idea of the universe i...

If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than just arouse his interest, for it will create in him admiration and wonder, a feeling loftier than any interest and more satisfying.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

We discovered that education i...

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

We especially need imagination...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

If education is always to be c...

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. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

We cannot create observers by ...

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

One test of the correctness of...

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

The only language men ever spe...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

The greatest sign of success f...

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

The teacher must derive not on...

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

Establishing lasting peace is ...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

There is in the child a specia...

There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this work of observing and absorbing that alone enables him to adapt himself to life

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

Preventing war is the work of ...

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

Joy is the evidence of inner g...

Joy is the evidence of inner growth.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

We seek to sow life in the chi...

We seek to sow life in the child rather than theories, to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well as physical, and for that we must offer grand and lofty ideas to the human mind,

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

At a given moment a child beco...

At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

The exercises of practical lif...

The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

It is almost possible to say t...

It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of the child; he will make discoveries rather more voluntarily in a gracious setting than in an ugly one.

Maria Montessori 341 quotes

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