The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.
MARIA MONTESSORIOne test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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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 social relations which are the basis of the reproduction of the species are founded upon the continuous union of parents in marriage.
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The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it.
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The possibility of observing the developments of the psychical life of the child as natural phenomena and experimental reactions transforms the school itself in action into a kind of scientific laboratory for the psychogenetic study of man.
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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 consciousness of knowing how to make oneself useful, how to help mankind in many ways, fills the soul with noble confidence, almost religious dignity.
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There are two ‘faiths’ which can uphold humans: faith in God and faith in oneself. And these two faiths should exist side by side: the first belongs to one’s inner life, the second to one’s life in society.
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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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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.
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The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world.
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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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At three years of age, the child has already laid the foundations of the human personality and needs the special help of education in the school.
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I have for many years interested myself in the study of children from three years upwards. Many have urged me to continue my studies on the same lines with older children. But what I have felt to be most vital is the need for more careful and particularized study of the tiny child.
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We recommend for the training of teachers not only a considerable artistic education in general but special attention to the art of reading.
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If the ways of the Almighty are not humanly logical, it is not the fault of the Almighty but of the limitations of human logic.
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