Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
MARIA MONTESSORITravel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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Temptation, if it is not to conquer, must not fall like a bomb against another bomb of instantaneous moral explosions, but against the strong walls of an impregnable fortress strongly built up, stone by stone, beginning at that distant day when the foundations were first laid.
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The 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.
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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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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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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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The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
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The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
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It is by developing the individual that he is prepared for that wonderful manifestation of the human intelligence, which drawing constitutes.
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An unconscious mind can be full of intelligence. One will find this type of intelligence in every being, and every insect has it.
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The consciousness of knowing how to make oneself useful, how to help mankind in many ways, fills the soul with noble confidence, almost religious dignity.
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It would be so simple to allow children, when tired of sitting, to rise, and when tired of writing, to desist, and then their bones would not be twisted.
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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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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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To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
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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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