Montessori Social Development Quotes & Sayings

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African. — Teresa Heinz

My writing time needs to surround itself with empty stretches, or at least unpeopled ones, for the writing takes place in an area of suspension as in a hanging nest that is almost entirely encapsulated. — Maxine Kumin

The most beautiful temple in the universe is your soul; that is why God wants to dwell in it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population," he would remark. "And that can be discovered in the first two weeks; there's no need for two years. Army, Marriage, the Church and Banking: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Yes, go on, laugh. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Two things are necessary, the development of individuality and the participation of the individual in a truly social life. — Maria Montessori

Extraordinary achievement is less about talent than it is about opportunity. — Malcolm Gladwell

Why is grief, when inspired by certain types of loss, considered something to surmount, to get over, while when inspired by other types of loss it's given a pass, allowed and even encouraged to go on forever? — Ron Currie Jr.