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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 say, but this…

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To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.
Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.
Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as…
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities…
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…
Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength,…
The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.
We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced…
Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.
Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.
By the age of three, the child has already laid down the foundations of his personality as a human being, and only…

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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven.… — Laozi
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Fixing our thoughts on Jesus requires time, for true reflection cannot happen with a glance. No one can see the beauty of… — R. Kent Hughes
The world looks to the priest, because it looks to Jesus! No one can see Christ; but everyone sees the priest, and through… — Pope John Paul II
Praise, help, or even a look, may be enough to interrupt him, or destroy the activity. It seems a strange thing to… — Maria Montessori

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