No, the child is the builder of man. There is no man existing who has not been formed by the child he once was.
MARIA MONTESSORIIf education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.
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Books are mute as far as sound is concerned. It follows that reading aloud is a combination of two distinct operations, of two ‘languages.’ It is something far more complex than speaking and reading taken separately by themselves.
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When the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incidental circumstance but of mental maturity.
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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 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 respect and protection of woman and of maternity should be raised to the position of an inalienable social duty and should become one of the principles of human morality.
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We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.
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Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
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The ancient superficial idea of the uniform and progressive growth of the human personality has remained unaltered, and the erroneous belief has persisted that it is the duty of the adult to fashion the child according to the pattern required by society.
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Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
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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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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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The social relations which are the basis of the reproduction of the species are founded upon the continuous union of parents in marriage.
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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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The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’
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