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Maria Montessori

(1870–1952) Essayist

397 quotes in 1284 categories

Maria Montessori’s 397 max illuminate her pioneering approach to education. Emphasizing curiosity, independence, and respect for the child, her words continue to inspire teachers and parents alike.

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Maria Montessori was an essayist, best known for Metodo della pedagogia scientifica.

Quick Facts About Maria Montessori

Born: August 31, 1870
Died: May 6, 1952
Profession: Essayist
Notable works: Metodo della pedagogia scientifica

About Maria Montessori

Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer. She soon had a change of heart and began medical school at the Sapienza University of Rome, becoming one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy; she graduated with honors in 1896. Her educational method is in use globally in many public and private schools.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Maria Montessori

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.

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Abandon

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Joy is the evidence of inner growth.

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Evidence

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The child will reveal himself through work.

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Child

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Education must start from birth.

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Birth

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A child needs freedom within limits.

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Child

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He who is served is limited in his independence.

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Freedom

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The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.

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Child

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Order is ... the true key to rapidity of reaction.

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Keys

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The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something

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Conviction

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As soon as children find something that interests them they lose their instability and learn to concentrate.

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Children

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The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.

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Able

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The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

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Body

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Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.

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Children

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There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

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Affection

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“To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself--that is the first duty of the educator.”

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Children

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Little children, from the moment they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.

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Child

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The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the…

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Adults

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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…

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Aim

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No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so…

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Active

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The ancient saying, "There is nothing in the intellect which was not first in some way in the senses," and senses being…

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Ancient

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The real preparation for education is a study of one's self. The training of the teacher...is something far more than a learning…

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Character

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Children must grow not only in the body but in the spirit, and the mother longs to follow the mysterious spiritual journey…

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Beloved

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“you do not exist, you cannot hope to grow. That is the tremendous step the child takes, the step that goes from…

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Child

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We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little…

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Care

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One of the great problems facing men is their failure to realize the fact that a child possesses an active psychic life…

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Active

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This is education, understood as a help to life; an education from birth, which feeds a peaceful revolution and unites all in…

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Aim

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At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by…

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Attention

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My system is to be considered a system leading up, in a general way, to education. It can be followed not only…

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Age

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It is the children between five and seven who are the word-lovers. It is they who show a predisposition toward such study.…

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Children

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There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of…

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Age

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An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value…

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Capable

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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,…

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Business

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“the child shows through its conversation that the educational work of the school is being undermined by the attitude taken in his…

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Children

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How can we speak of Democracy or Freedom when from the very beginning of life we mould the child to undergo tyranny,…

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Accepting

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The great constructive energies of the child ... have hitherto been concealed beneath an accumulation of ideas concerning motherhood. We used to…

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Accumulation

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We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate…

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Active

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“There does exist, however, an external prize for man; when, for example, the orator sees the faces of his listeners change with…

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Happiness

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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…

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Activity

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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…

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Action

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Discipline must come through liberty.

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Come

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Maria Montessori by topic

Children (233) Child (113) Education (105) Life (60) Montessori (54) Inspirational (40) Teacher (32) Freedom (32) Love (31) Nature (30) Development (30) Firsts (29) Men (28) Humans (27) Helping (27) Growth (27) Ifs (26) Environment (26) Should (25) Psychology (25) Activity (24) Mind (22) Time (21) Nature of man (21) Independent (20)