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 MONTESSORINoble ideas, great sentiments have always existed and have always been transmitted, but wars have never ceased.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference.
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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 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.
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How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see?
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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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The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence.
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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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Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on.
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One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
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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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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.
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To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
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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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We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos.
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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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