Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessoriwas an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in some public and private schools throughout the world...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth31 August 1870
CityMarche, Italy
CountryItaly
Maria Montessori quotes about
teacher appreciation lying
To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.
discouragement conviction source
The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something
teacher giving listening
Scientific observation then has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment.
solitude secret degrees
No one can help us to achieve the intimate isolation by which we find our secret worlds, so mysterious, rich and full. If others intervene, it is destroyed. This degree of thought, which we attain by freeing ourselves from the external world, must be fed by the inner spirit, and our surroundings cannot influence us in any way other than to leave us in peace.
spiritual men people
An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual, and the preparation of young people to understand the times in which they live.
intellectual nihilism world
A great deal of time and intellectual force are lost in the world, because the false seems great and the truth so small and insignificant.
errors feelings friendly
It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has.
helping environment hinder
Environment is undoubtedly a secondary factor in the phenomena of life; it can modify in that it can help or hinder, but it can never create.
education greatness personality
The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes what may seem a strange conclusion: that education must start from birth.
nature
In nature nothing creates itself and nothing destroys itself.
teacher thinking would-be
A teacher, therefore, who would think that he could prepare himself for his mission through study alone would be mistaken. The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.
work affection substitutes
There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.
discipline liberty mute
Discipline must come through liberty.
spiritual goal energy
Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.