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The ability to see reality in form, in color, in proportion, to be master of the movements of one’s own hand – that is what is necessary.

Maria Montessori

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.
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Go Help Master Only Servant Teacher Upon
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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Age Earliest Even Feeling Find Greatest Independent Man Notice Satisfaction Surprise
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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Aggressive Comfort Conscious Floor Freely Good Know Movement Sense Space Unencumbered
Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.
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Iive Inner Once Rest Spark Vision
With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
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Body Depend Life Man Spirit With
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.
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Achieve Care Development First Great Greatest Life Taken Year
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.
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Act Complete Educational Efficacious Help Life One Toward Unfold
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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Characteristics Degree Hand Highest Human
Now, what really makes a teacher is love for the human child; for it is love that transforms the social duty of the educator into the higher consciousness of a mission.
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Behaviour Consciousness Dutyeducator Higher Human Love Make Really Social Teacher Transform
All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
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All Ignorable Nobel Thing Without Work
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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Always Away Custodian Honour Human Man Morality Respect Sentiment Woman Yield
Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.
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Adapt Condition Education Himself Life Man Organisation Self Work
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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Builder Child Exist Formed Man Once
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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Accompany Course During Education Life Necessary Protection Realize Whole
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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Guide Passion Raed Short Single Start Subject Teacher Varied
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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Education Establish Last Peace Work

The ability to see reality in form, in color, in proportion, to be master of the movements of one’s own hand – that is what is necessary.

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