20 phrases by Maria Montessori for those who are a fan of pedagogy

The greatest sign of success for a teacher is being able to say: the children are working as if I didn’t exist.

Peace does not enslave man, on the contrary, it exalts him. It does not humiliate him, on the contrary, it makes him aware of his power in the universe. And because it is based on human nature, it is a universal and constant principle that applies to every human being. It is this principle that must be our guide in the elaboration of a science of peace and in the education of men for peace.

No description, no picture in any book can replace the real view of trees in a grove with all the life that goes on around them.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given courage and strength, use it to create.

The first idea a child needs to have is the difference between good and evil. And the main role of the educator is to ensure that she does not confuse good with passivity and evil with activity.

The person who is served rather than helped is being prevented from developing his or her own independence.

The child’s intelligence observes lovingly and not with indifference, this is what makes him see the invisible.

It is necessary for the teacher to guide the child without him feeling his presence too much, so that he can always be ready to provide the necessary assistance, but never being an obstacle between the child and his experience.

If we consider physical life on the one hand and mental life on the other, we will break the cycle of relationships and man’s actions will be separated from the brain.

Help me grow, but let me be myself.

The child’s whims and disobedience are nothing but aspects of a vital conflict between the creative impulse and love for the adult who does not understand it.

People educate for competition and that is the beginning of any war. When we educate to cooperate and be in solidarity with each other, on that day we will be educating for peace.

If there is help and salvation for humanity, it can only be through children. Because children are the creators of humanity.

Curiosity is an impulse to learn.

The child loves to touch objects so that he can later recognize them.

The best teaching is the one that uses the least amount of words needed to perform the task.

For us, children revealed that discipline is only the result of complete development, of mental functioning aided by manual activity.

The best way to learn is to teach.

Never help a child with a task he feels capable of doing.

True education is that which meets the child in order to achieve his or her liberation.