Being appreciated

"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
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Self-organization

"Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life." 

 - Maria Montessori

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The greatest sign of success for a teacher

"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

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