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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.

Maria Montessori

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It is fortunate, I think, that nature is not bounded by human reason and by laboratory work and experimentation, for by the laws of pure reason and by microscopic investigation, it might easily have been proved, long before this, that children could not be born.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Born Bound Children Easily Experimentation Fortunate Human Investigation Laboratory Microscopic Nature Reson Think
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Child Correctness Educational Happiness One Procedure Test
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Actually Adolescent Disgreated Greater Less Respect Show Treat Value
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Age Already Child Education Foundation Help Human Lead Need Personality Special Three Year
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Acquire Action Arrive Develop Equilibrium Free Freely Master Move Naturally Person Quickly Spiritual
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Education Establish Last Peace Work
All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
MARIA MONTESSORI

All Ignorable Nobel Thing Without Work
This is the age in which language and movement develop. The child must be safeguarded in order that these activities may develop freely.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Activity Age Child Develop Freely Language Movement Must Safeguard
If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Act Complete Educational Efficacious Help Life One Toward Unfold
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Age Earliest Even Feeling Find Greatest Independent Man Notice Satisfaction Surprise
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Beauty Control Health Life Natural Person Related Worship
If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Human Intelligence Intelligent Life Manifest Marvellous People Person Spoken Word
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Child Feel Help never Succeed
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Adult Call Child Conscious Mind Out Posses Type
With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Body Depend Life Man Spirit With
Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Acompishm Nature Character Child Creation Difficult Indeed Most Small Spontaneous

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