With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
MARIA MONTESSORIThe 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.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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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 adolescent must never be treated as a child, for that is a stage of life that he has surpassed.
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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.
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Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization.
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The child, merely by going on with his life, learns to speak the language belonging to his race. It is like a mental chemistry that takes place in the child.
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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 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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Woman was always the custodian of human sentiment, morality and honour, and in these respects, man always has yielded woman the palm.
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Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.
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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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When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.
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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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The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world.
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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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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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