Man Quotes by Maria Montessori

14 Man quotes by Maria Montessori

Montessori’s 14 quotes bring her educational philosophy into the realm of human nature, emphasizing curiosity, respect, and growth. The collection feels like a gentle guide, encouraging readers to see the childlike wonder in every person.

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With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.

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Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it. No,…

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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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Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening her…

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Indeed there are powers in the small child that are far greater than is generally realized, because it is in this period…

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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…

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The hand is, in the highest degree, a human characteristic. It is man's organ of grasp and of the sense of touch,…

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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,…

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The selfsame procedure which zoology, a branch of the natural sciences, applies to the study of animals, anthropology must apply to the…

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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…

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To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

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Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

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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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Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which…

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The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this…

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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.…

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