Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited to provoke tha… - Maria Montessori

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Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited to provoke than to prevent deformities.

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About Maria Montessori

Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, and feminist.

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Alternative Names: Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori • Founder of the Montessori method of education
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* "In the vivid description of the Gospel, it would seem that we must help the Christ hidden in every poor man, in every prisioner, in every sufferer. But if we paraphrased the marvelous scene and applied it to the child, we should find that Christ goes to help all men in the form of the child."
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