Maria Montessori

"The child is naturally a keen observer and investigator of the world around him."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparency' and 'disappear'."

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

"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."

"The child must experience the consequences of his acts."

"The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'"

"Imagination does not mean to invent something out of nothing; it means to construct from experience."

"The human hand allows the mind to reveal itself."

"The environment itself teaches the child to distinguish good from evil."

"The child has a hundred languages, but ninety-nine are stolen."

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

"The development of language is part of the development of the individual."

"The aim of education should be to prepare for life."

"Let us help the child to be born. But we should help the whole child."

"The adult must understand the spirituality of the child."

"I have studied the child; I have given myself to the child; I have consecrated my life to the child."

"The child's life is not an abstraction; it is his actual, tangible, present life."

"Never treat the child as an abstraction, but always remember that he is a concrete human being."

"The greatest developments in history have been those of freedom for the individual."

"Science is built up of facts as a house is built of stones."

"Nature never wears the same expression twice, for her passion is infinite."

"Help me to do it myself."

"The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures will develop a love for nature."

"Education is not meant to fill a pail, but to light a fire."

"The child must come to the school with joy."

"I follow the child, the child follows me."

"The true basis of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified."

"To assist a child we must provide an environment which is permitted to him to develop freely."

"The child is an individual who must be respected."