Top 81 Quotes by Maria Montessori

About Maria Montessori

These are some quotes by Italian author Maria Montessori Educator, who lived between August 31, 1870 and May 6, 1952.

The person who is developing freely and naturally arrives at a spiritual equilibrium in which he is master of his actions, just as one who has acquired physical poise can move freely.

The person who is developing freely and naturally arrives at a spiritual equilibrium in which he is master of his actions, just as one who has acquired physical poise can move freely.

Maria Montessori

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

Maria Montessori

The study of expression ought to form a part of the study of psychology, but it also comes within the province of anthropology because the habitual, life-long expressions of the face determine the wrinkles of old age, which are distinctly an anthropological characteristic.

Maria Montessori

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

Maria Montessori

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

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

Maria Montessori

When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.

When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.

Maria Montessori

Every one in the world ought to do the things for which he is specially adapted. It is the part of wisdom to recognize what each one of us is best fitted for, and it is the part of education to perfect and utilize such predispositions. Because education can direct and aid nature but can never transform her.

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.

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

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.

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

We all know the sense of comfort of which we are conscious when a good half of the floor space in a room is unencumbered; this seems to offer us the agreeable possibility of moving about freely.

We all know the sense of comfort of which we are conscious when a good half of the floor space in a room is unencumbered; this seems to offer us the agreeable possibility of moving about freely.

Maria Montessori

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