It is fortunate, I think, that nature is not bounded by human reason and by laboratory work and experimentation, for by the laws of pure reason and by microscopic investigation, it might easily have been proved, long before this, that children could not be born. Maria Montessori bearboundchild share on social
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? Maria Montessori antiquatebetterconceive share on social
Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty - self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life. Maria Montessori beautybringcontrol Change image and share on social
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 developdiscovereducation Change image and share on social
If the ways of the Almighty are not humanly logical, it is not the fault of the Almighty but of the limitations of human logic. Maria Montessori almightyfaulthuman Change image and share on social
The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.' Maria Montessori childexistgreat Change image and share on social
There can be no 'graduated exercises in drawing' leading up to an artistic creation. That goal can be attained only through the development of mechanical technique and through the freedom of the spirit. Maria Montessori artisticattaincreation share on social
It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation. Maria Montessori ageearlyexalt Change image and share on social
If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course. Maria Montessori accompanyeducationlife Change image and share on social
Temptation, if it is not to conquer, must not fall like a bomb against another bomb of instantaneous moral explosions, but against the strong walls of an impregnable fortress strongly built up, stone by stone, beginning at that distant day when the foundations were first laid. Maria Montessori beginbombbuild share on social