"The word education must not be understood in……" — Maria Montessori
"The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child."
—
Maria Montessori
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
See all 256 quotes by Maria Montessori »
More Assisting Quotes
This quote is filed under Assisting Quotes,
one of 53 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life…
— Albert Schweitzer
-
May we ever watch over one another, assisting in times of need. Let us not be critical and judgmental, but…
— Thomas S. Monson
-
You are obliged to love your neighbor as yourself, and loving him, you ought to help him spiritually, with prayer,…
— St. Catherine of Siena
-
The more our hearts and minds are turned to assisting others less fortunate than we, the more we will avoid…
— Joe J. Christensen
-
There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
-
I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to…
— Michael Jackson
-
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
-
I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
— Robert Mapplethorpe
-
Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as…
— Confucius
-
When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting…
— Confucius
-
In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male,…
— Urie Bronfenbrenner
-
God did not create a human family made up of segregated, dissociated, mutually independent members. No; he would have them…
— Pope Pius XII
See all 53 Assisting Quotes »