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 MONTESSORIMan 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.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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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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If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
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Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening her with a weak, feckless son.
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The teacher, in short, can use reading to introduce her pupils to the most varied subjects; and the moment they have been thus started, they can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading.
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When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.
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All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
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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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Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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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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The acquisitions he has made are such that we can say the child who enters school at three is an old man.
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The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
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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 task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
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We cannot create observers by saying ‘observe’, but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.
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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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