Maria Montessori Quotes

No one can be free unless he is independent.

The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

I do not want to be controlled by any superpower. I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world, and that is why I do not let any superpower control me.

No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty

Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance from.

Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest.

I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.

I was not born to be forced.

Liberty is its own reward.

I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters of their own destiny.

Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being.

The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

I love not having to rely on anyone.

Liberty is the result of free individual action,energy and independence.

Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Freedom is control in your own life.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.