Children Quote by Maria Montessori

The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that…

— Maria Montessori

How does he achieve this independence? He does it by means of a continuous activity. How does he become free? By means of constant…

— Maria Montessori

At birth, the child leaves a person - his mother's womb - and this makes him independent of her bodily functions. The baby is…

— Maria Montessori

Only as a child's awareness and reverence for the wholeness of life are developed can his humanity to his own kind reach its full…

— Rachel Carson

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become…

— Maria Montessori

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

— Maria Montessori

Little children, from the moment in which they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.

— Maria Montessori

Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

— Maria Montessori

Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be…

— Maria Montessori

The main thing is that everything become simple, easy enough for a child to understand.

— Albert Camus

The most important factor for the development of the individual is the structure and the values of the society into which he was born.

— Erich Fromm

Little children, from the moment they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.

— Maria Montessori