Maria Montessori — Hopeful Quotes

65 quotes · Educator, Physician

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Maria Montessori Quotes

All Philosophical Hopeful Wise Inspired Love 65 quotes · page 5 of 6

Maria Montessori

Educator, Physician

Hopeful

“Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and assert his mastery over all that depends on him.”

Men Character Independent

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Maria Montessori

Educator, Physician

Hopeful

“The child has other powers than ours, and the creation he achieves is no small one; it is everything.”

Children Creation Achieve

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Hopeful

“Education must start from birth.”

Birth

♥ 13

Hopeful

“We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.”

Inspirational Teacher

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Hopeful

“The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.”

Children Teacher Special

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Hopeful

“The concept of an education centered upon the care of the living being alters all previous ideas. Resting no longer on a curriculum, or a timetable, education must conform to the facts of human life.”

Ideas Care Curriculum

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Hopeful

“The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.”

Change Personality

♥ 10

Hopeful

“A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.”

Individual Force

♥ 9

Hopeful

“There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.”

Work Affection Substitutes

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Hopeful

“The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself.”

Fundamentals Clear Bases

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Hopeful

“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. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?”

Men Use Intelligence

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Hopeful

“It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment of mankind. It is the spirit of the child that can determine the course of human progress and lead it perhaps even to a higher form of civilization.”

Children Strong Psychics

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