“The ability to say, 'The kids are working today as if I don’t even exist,' is the best indicator of a teacher’s success.”
"The things he sees are not just remembered; the form a part of his soul."
- Maria Montessori
Self-awareness
"Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul."
- Maria Montessori
Happiness
"The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn."
- Maria Montessori
Motivation
"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'"
- Maria Montessori
Success
"The greatest sign of success for a teacher … is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’"
- Maria Montessori
Success
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
- Nelson Mandela
Education
"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."
- John Graham
Education
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
- Mark Twain
Education
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Education
"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."
- Kotomi Ichinose
Education