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Human Quotes by Maria Montessori
- Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.
- Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.
- Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms. It is these that…
- By the age of three, the child has already laid down the foundations of his personality as a human being, and only then does he…
- The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.
- The aim of education should not be to teach how to use human energies to improve the environment, for we are finally beginning to realize…
- The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes what may seem a strange conclusion:…
- The human hand allows the mind to reveal itself.
- Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.
- It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.
- Times have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and along with them…
- Within the child lies the fate of the future. Whoever wishes to confer some benefit on society must preserve him from deviations and observe his…
- The concept of an education centered upon the care of the living being alters all previous ideas. Resting no longer on a curriculum, or a…
- All human victories, all human progress, stand upon the inner force.
- Any child who is self-sufficient , who can ties his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image…
- Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.
- Social grace, inner discipline and joy. These are the birthright of the human being who has been allowed to develop essential human qualities.
- A child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature.
- It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment of mankind. It…
- The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of…
- ...we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.…
- Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the…
- We seek to sow life in the child rather than theories, to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well as physical, and…
- We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
- Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.
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- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
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- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
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