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To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.
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Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.
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Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as…
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Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities…
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Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.
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Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms. It…
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Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength,…
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The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.
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We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced…
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Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.
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Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.
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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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Very rarely do people make big compromises with their integrity. Almost every compromise is a small one that is easily justified. The…
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The child has other powers than ours, and the creation he achieves is no small one; it is everything.
— Maria Montessori
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A republican form of government, without intelligence in the people, must be, on a vast scale, what a mad-house, without superintendent or…
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If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the…
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It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.
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I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of…
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