The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
MARIA MONTESSORIEducation is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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There can be no ‘graduated exercises in drawing’ leading up to an artistic creation. That goal can be attained only through the development of mechanical technique and through the freedom of the spirit.
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The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
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The respect and protection of woman and of maternity should be raised to the position of an inalienable social duty and should become one of the principles of human morality.
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It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation.
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The child’s mind is not the type of mind we adults possess. If we call our type of mind the conscious type, that of the child is an unconscious mind. Now an unconscious mind does not mean an inferior mind.
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We all know the sense of comfort of which we are conscious when a good half of the floor space in a room is unencumbered; this seems to offer us the agreeable possibility of moving about freely.
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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.
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There is need to realize the value of work in all its forms whether manual or intellectual, to be called ‘mate,’ to have sympathetic understanding of all forms of activity.
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No, the child is the builder of man. There is no man existing who has not been formed by the child he once was.
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All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
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If the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden.
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How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see?
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An unconscious mind can be full of intelligence. One will find this type of intelligence in every being, and every insect has it.
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The person who is developing freely and naturally arrives at a spiritual equilibrium in which he is master of his actions, just as one who has acquired physical poise can move freely.
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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.’
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