Maria Montessori Quotes about Desire

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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.

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.

Maria Montessori

Children, Light, Desire

Maria Montessori (2014). “Spontaneous Activity in Education”, p.108, Montessori Helper

If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to posses them.

Maria Montessori

Children, Desire, Development

"The Secret of Childhood" by Maria Montessori, Ch. 23, 1936.

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

Maria Montessori

Teacher, Lying, Desire

Maria Montessori Quotes about Desire

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