If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.

Quote by Maria Montessori

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We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the...

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

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

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

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.

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is...

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is...

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.

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which...

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which...

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world

We cannot create observers by saying observe, but by giving them the power and the...

We cannot create observers by saying observe, but by giving them the power and the...

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena....

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena....

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning...

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning...

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.

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but...

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good...

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when...

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.

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.