467 Quotes by Maria Montessori

There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this work of observing and absorbing that alone enables him to adapt himself to life

We are the sowers - our children are those who reap. We labor so that future generations will be better and nobler than we are.

When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited to provoke than to prevent deformities.

It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of the child; he will make discoveries rather more voluntarily in a gracious setting than in an ugly one.

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.

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.

We must support as much as possible the child's desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent.