Maria Montessori Educational Quotations

An educational method that shall have liberty as its basis must intervene to help the child to a conquest of liberty. That is to say, his training must be such as shall help him to diminish as much as possible the social bonds which limit his activity.

Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.

The greatest triumph of our educational method should always be this: to bring about the spontaneous progress of the child.

When mental development is under discussion, there are many who say, 'How does movement come into it? We are talking about the mind.' And when we think of intellectual activity, we always imagine people sitting still, motionless. But mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.

Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.

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