"The child seeks for independence by means of……" — Maria Montessori

The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of… - Maria Montessori

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

— Maria Montessori

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256 Quotes by Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori has 256 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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…
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the…
Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human…
Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective…
Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but…
We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker…
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,…
The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and…

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More Body Quotes

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure… — Aristotle
If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the… — M H Abrams
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa… — Chinua Achebe
Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All… — Saint Augustine

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