Quotes by Maria Montessori

"Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create."

"Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence."

"It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it."