"We must help the child to act for……" — Maria Montessori

"We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit."

— Maria Montessori

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256 Quotes by Maria Montessori

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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…
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,…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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