The study of expression ought to form a part of the study of psychology, but it also comes within the province of anthropology because the habitual, life-long expressions of the face determine the wrinkles of old age, which are distinctly an anthropological characteristic.
MARIA MONTESSORIThe hand is, in the highest degree, a human characteristic. It is man’s organ of grasp and of the sense of touch, while in animals these two functions are relegated to the mouth.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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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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We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos.
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All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
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Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization.
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The adolescent must never be treated as a child, for that is a stage of life that he has surpassed.
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This is the age in which language and movement develop. The child must be safeguarded in order that these activities may develop freely.
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Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty – self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life.
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The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
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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 only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!
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Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
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The child, merely by going on with his life, learns to speak the language belonging to his race. It is like a mental chemistry that takes place in the child.
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Woman was always the custodian of human sentiment, morality and honour, and in these respects, man always has yielded woman the palm.
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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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