Success 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.' Maria Montessori 48
Soul To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate.... Maria Montessori 25
Soul Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for... Maria Montessori 30
Psychology The study of expression ought to form a part of the study of psychology, but it also comes within the province of anthropology because the habitual,... Maria Montessori 38
Beauty Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty - self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed... Maria Montessori 33
Happiness One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. Maria Montessori 29
Future If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the... Maria Montessori 28
Age My system is to be considered a system leading up, in a general way, to education. It can be followed not only in the education of little children... Maria Montessori 37
