We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself.
Maria Montessori
It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was.
Maria Montessori
The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Maria Montessori
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
Development is a series of rebirths.
Maria Montessori
The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.
Maria Montessori
The first essential for the child's development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
Maria Montessori
The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.
Maria Montessori
It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.
Maria Montessori
The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
Maria Montessori
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
Maria Montessori