Maria Montessori Education Quotes

What did Maria Montessori say about Education?

Maria Montessori has written many quotes about Education. E.g.,

• Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war.
• 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 bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
• 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.

What are the top most famous Education quotes by Maria Montessori?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Education by Maria Montessori.

• Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war.
• 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 bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
• 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.
• We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.