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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.

Maria Montessori

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Affection Character Conviction Faithful Man Own Persistent Word
There are two ‘faiths’ which can uphold humans: faith in God and faith in oneself. And these two faiths should exist side by side: the first belongs to one’s inner life, the second to one’s life in society.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Faith God Human Oneself Two Unhold
All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
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All Ignorable Nobel Thing Without Work
My system is to be considered a system leading up, in a general way, to education. It can be followed not only in the education of little children from three to six years of age, but can be extended to children up to ten years of age.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Consider Education General Lead System Way
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
We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
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Being Develop Discover Education Human Natural Process Something Spontaneous Teach
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Accord Adult Ancient Child Fashion Growth Human Oatternm Require Persist Personality Progressive Society Superficial Unalter
The adolescent must never be treated as a child, for that is a stage of life that he has surpassed.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Adolescent Child Must never Stage Surpassed Treat
At three years of age, the child has already laid the foundations of the human personality and needs the special help of education in the school.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Age Already Child Education Foundation Help Human Lead Need Personality Special Three Year
If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Accompany Course During Education Life Necessary Protection Realize Whole
It is not true that I invented what is called the Montessori Method… I have studied the child; I have taken what the child has given me and expressed it, and that is what is called the Montessori Method.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Call Invent Method Montessori True
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Acquire Between Deal Different Evil First Good
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
The social relations which are the basis of the reproduction of the species are founded upon the continuous union of parents in marriage.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Basis Continous Marriage Ounded Parent Relation Reproduction Social Species Union Upon
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.
MARIA MONTESSORI

Against Another Begin Bomb Conquer Day Distant Explosion Fall Instantaneous Stone Template
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 MONTESSORI

Adult Call Child Conscious Mind Out Posses Type

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