Author: Maria Montessori

Quotes

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.

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

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

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

- Maria Montessori

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.

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

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

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

- Maria Montessori

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

- Maria Montessori

If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course.

If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course.

- Maria Montessori

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

- Maria Montessori

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.'

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

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