Maria Montessori Quotes
"The child who has increased his own independence with the acquisition of new capabilities, can do more and more things by himself. This is a child who has become a person who knows, thinks and acts spontaneously.""Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.""The child should live in an environment of beauty.""The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self.""Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.""When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.""The first essential for the child’s development is concentration.""The child who concentrates is immensely happy.""Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes through his movements.""One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.""The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.""We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.""Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.""Never do for a child what he is capable of doing for himself.""Within the child lies the fate of the future.""The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.""A child who has become master of his acts through long and repeated exercises, and who has been encouraged by the pleasant and interesting activities in which he has been engaged, always shows a strong specific character: he is master of himself and knows how to conduct himself in society.""To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.""The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.""The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn."
