Citations éducatives (Maria Montessori)
The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.
- Maria Montessori
Growth is not merely a harmonious increase in size, but a transformation. An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual, and the preparation of young people to understand the times in which they live.
- Maria Montessori, Education and Peace
Within the child lies the fate of the future.
- Maria Montessori
The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.
- Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood, 1936
The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.
- Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, 1949
The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
- Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, 1949
To assist a child, we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.
- Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood, 1936
Children have an absorbent mind. They absorb knowledge from the environment without fatigue. [...] This is the moment in the life of man when we can do something for the betterment of humanity and further brotherhood.
- Maria Montessori The 1946 London Lectures, p. 150
We must respect the child and he must understand that he is respected. He needs to be prepared for everything that is going to be done for him.
- Maria Montessori The 1946 London Lectures, p. 132
The child gives us a beautiful lesson – that in order to form and maintain our intelligence, we must use our hands.
- Maria Montessori The 1946 London Lectures, p. 153
The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.
- Maria Montessori, Education and Peace, 1949
Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment.
- Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, 1949
Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.
- Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, 1949
What the hand does, the mind remembers.
- Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, 1949
Play is the work of the child.
- Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, 1949
Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.
- Maria Montessori, To Educate the Human Potential, 1948
A child who has become master of his acts through long and repeated exercises is a child filled with joy.
- Maria Montessori, The Montessori Method, 1912
We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active.
- Maria Montessori