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.
MARIA MONTESSORIThe maternal duty of suckling her own children, prescribed to mothers by hygienists, is based on a physiological principle: the mother’s milk nourishes an infant more perfectly than any other.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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Through machinery, man can exert tremendous powers almost as fantastic as if he were the hero of a fairy tale. Through machinery, man can travel with an ever increasing velocity; he can fly through the air and go beneath the surface of the ocean.
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Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.
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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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Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.
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The 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.
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Noble ideas, great sentiments have always existed and have always been transmitted, but wars have never ceased.
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Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
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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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It is better to treat an adolescent as if he had greater value than he actually shows than as if he had less and let him feel that his merits and self-respect are disregarded.
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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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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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Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
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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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If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course.
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