“ To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself--that is the first duty of the educator. Maria Montessori
“ How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see? Maria Montessori
“ The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. Maria Montessori
“ Through machinery, man can exert tremendous powers almost as fantastic as if he were the hero of a fairy tale. Through machinery, man can travel with an ever increasing velocity; he can fly through th… Maria Montessori
“ One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. Maria Montessori
“ If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. Maria Montessori
“ The social relations which are the basis of the reproduction of the species are founded upon the continuous union of parents in marriage. Maria Montessori
“ When the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incident… Maria Montessori
“ Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence. Maria Montessori
“ The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything! Maria Montessori
“ We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses. Maria Montessori
“ We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry. Maria Montessori
“ If the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden. Maria Montessori
“ Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists. Maria Montessori
“ We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. Maria Montessori
“ If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course. Maria Montessori
“ Now, what really makes a teacher is love for the human child; for it is love that transforms the social duty of the educator into the higher consciousness of a mission. Maria Montessori
“ In the first three years of life, the foundations of physical and also of psychic health are laid. In these years, the child not only increases in size but passes through great transformations. This i… Maria Montessori
