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title: "26 Ifs Quotes By Maria Montessori"
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> [For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/for-what-is-the-use-of-transmitting-knowledge-if-the-individual-s/)

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> [The children are now working as if I did not exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-children-are-now-working-as-if-i-did-not-exist/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

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> [The environment itself will teach the child, if every error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-environment-itself-will-teach-the-child-if-every-error-he-makes/)

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> [If I am going up a ladder, and a dog begins to bite at my ankles, I can do one of two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-i-am-going-up-a-ladder-and-a-dog-begins-to-bite-at-my-ankles-i-can/)

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> [If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-a-child-finds-no-stimuli-for-the-activities-which-would-contribute/)

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> [The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-child-is-endowed-with-unknown-powers-which-can-guide-us-to-a/)

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> [Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/do-not-tell-them-how-to-do-it-show-them-how-to-do-it-and-do-not-say-a/)

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> [But an adult if he is to provide proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/but-an-adult-if-he-is-to-provide-proper-guidance-must-always-be-calm/)

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> [Beauty lies in harmony, not in contrast; and harmony is refinement; therefore, there must be a fineness of the senses if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/beauty-lies-in-harmony-not-in-contrast-and-harmony-is-refinement/)

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> [If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-children-are-allowed-free-development-and-given-occupation-to/)

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> [If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in order, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-we-can-when-we-have-established-individual-discipline-arrange-the/)

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> [One who has drunk at the fountain of spiritual happiness says good-by of his own accord to the satisfactions that come from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/one-who-has-drunk-at-the-fountain-of-spiritual-happiness-says-good-by/)

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> [No one can help us to achieve the intimate isolation by which we find our secret worlds, so mysterious, rich and full.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/no-one-can-help-us-to-achieve-the-intimate-isolation-by-which-we-find/)

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> [But if for the physical life it is necessary to have the child exposed to the vivifying forces of nature, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/but-if-for-the-physical-life-it-is-necessary-to-have-the-child/)

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> [When the children had completed an absorbing bit of work, they appeared rested and deeply pleased. It almost seemed as if a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/when-the-children-had-completed-an-absorbing-bit-of-work-they/)

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> [If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-the-idea-of-the-universe-is-presented-to-the-child-in-the-right/)

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> [Freedom without organization of work would be useless. The child left free without means of work would go to waste, just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/freedom-without-organization-of-work-would-be-useless-the-child-left/)

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> [The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-undisciplined-child-enters-into-discipline-by-working-in-the/)

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> [Praise, help, or even a look, may be enough to interrupt him, or destroy the activity. It seems a strange thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/praise-help-or-even-a-look-may-be-enough-to-interrupt-him-or-destroy/)

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> [Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and the satisfaction of this instinct fills them with delight. It is therefore easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/children-have-an-anxious-concern-for-living-beings-and-the/)

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> [A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/a-child-is-an-eager-observer-and-is-particularly-attracted-by-the/)

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> [In the vivid description of the Gospel, it would seem that we must help the Christ hidden in every poor man, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/in-the-vivid-description-of-the-gospel-it-would-seem-that-we-must/)

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> [If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-we-really-want-children-to-grow-into-independent-and-resourceful/)

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> [He who experiments must, while doing so, divest himself of every preconception. It is clear then that if we wish to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/he-who-experiments-must-while-doing-so-divest-himself-of-every/)

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> [If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-education-recognizes-the-intrinsic-value-of-the-child-s/)

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> [If we try to think back to the dim and distant past... what is it that helps us reconstruct those times, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/if-we-try-to-think-back-to-the-dim-and-distant-past-what-is-it-that/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Maria Montessori

> [Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/plainly-the-environment-must-be-a-living-one-directed-by-a-higher/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/to-assist-a-child-we-must-provide-him-with-an-environment-which-will/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/imitation-is-the-first-instinct-of-the-awakening-mind/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-undisciplined-child-enters-into-discipline-by-working-in-the/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/when-you-have-solved-the-problem-of-controlling-the-attention-of-the/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [It is exactly in the repetition of the exercises that the education of the senses exists; not that the child shall know colors, forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/it-is-exactly-in-the-repetition-of-the-exercises-that-the-education/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/adults-look-upon-a-child-as-something-empty-that-is-to-be-filled/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-observation-of-the-way-in-which-the-children-pass-from-the-first/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [The teacher's task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's mental hunger.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-teacher-s-task-is-not-a-small-easy-one-she-has-to-prepare-a-huge/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/education-is-a-work-of-self-organization-by-which-man-adapts-himself/)

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> [The possibility of observing the developments of the psychical life of the child as natural phenomena and experimental reactions transforms the school itself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/the-possibility-of-observing-the-developments-of-the-psychical-life/)

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> [Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/never-help-a-child-with-a-task-that-they-feel-they-can-complete/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment of mankind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/it-is-not-the-child-as-a-physical-but-as-a-psychic-being-that-can/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [By the age of three, the child has already laid down the foundations of his personality as a human being, and only then does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/by-the-age-of-three-the-child-has-already-laid-down-the-foundations/)

[Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/)

> [Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/rewards-and-punishments-to-speak-frankly-are-the-desk-of-the-soul/)

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