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We cannot create observers by saying observe, but by giving them t

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. – Maria Montessori

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The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil; and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity. – Maria Montessori

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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. – Maria Montessori

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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 mans future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individuals total development lags behind? – Maria Montessori

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Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but its not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead. – Andre Braugher

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Heart and head are the constituent parts of character temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved. – Giacomo Casanova

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