Quotes by : Maria Montessori

There are two 'faiths' which can uphold humans: faith in God and faith in oneself. And these two faiths....

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge,....

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

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening....

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.

The social relations which are the basis of the reproduction of the species are founded upon the continuous....

It is by developing the individual that he is prepared for that wonderful manifestation of the human....