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.
MARIA MONTESSORIEstablishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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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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Moral Education is the source of that spiritual equilibrium on which everything else depends and which may be compared to that physical equilibrium or sense of balance, without which it is impossible to stand upright or to move into any other position.
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The study of expression ought to form a part of the study of psychology, but it also comes within the province of anthropology because the habitual, life-long expressions of the face determine the wrinkles of old age, which are distinctly an anthropological characteristic.
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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.
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To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
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We await the successsive births in the soul of the child. We give all possible material, that nothing may lack to the groping soul, and then we watch for the perfect faculty to come, safeguarding the child from interruption so that it may carry its efforts through.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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It is better to treat an adolescent as if he had greater value than he actually shows than as if he had less and let him feel that his merits and self-respect are disregarded.
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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.
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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 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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