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We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.
Maria Montessori
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Maria Montessori
Age: 81 †
Born: 1870
Born: August 31
Died: 1952
Died: May 6
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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori
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Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity.
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The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.
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The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.
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In the psychological realm of relationship between teacher and child, the teacher's part and its techniques are analogous to those of the valet they are to serve, and to serve well: to serve the spirit.
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