Maria Montessori : (4)

" How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see? " - Maria Montessori

" The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections. " - Maria Montessori

" When the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incidental circumstance but of mental maturity. " - Maria Montessori

" Now, what really makes a teacher is love for the human child; for it is love that transforms the social duty of the educator into the higher consciousness of a mission. " - Maria Montessori