“Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue.” PeopleLongVirtueProgressCrimeIgnoranceHeroSlaveryMovedDepthMonstersLowestProdigies Book:History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources Source: History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources
“The child's true constructive energy, a dynamic power, has remained unnoticed for thousands of years. Just as men have trodden the earth, and later tilled its surface, without thought for the immense wealth hidden in its depths, so the men of our day make progress after progress in civilized life, without noticing the treasures that lie hidden in the psychic world of infancy.” MenWorldYearsChildrenEarthLyingEnergyWealthProgressHe ManDepthSurfaceTreasureCivilizedImmensePsychicsConstructiveNoticingInfancyUnnoticed Author:Maria Montessori
“Philosophers have very justly remarked that the only solid instruction is that which the pupil brings from his own depths; that the true instruction is not that which transmits notions wholly formed, but that which renders him capable of forming for himself good opinions. That which they have said in regard to the intellectual faculties applies equally to the moral faculties. There is for the soul a spontaneous culture, on which depends all the real progress in perfection.” SaidRealSoulCultureMoralOpinionProgressDependsCapableIntellectualPerfectionRegardDepthNotionPhilosopherFacultyInstructionSpontaneousPupilsTransmit Author:Joseph Marie, baron de Gerando
“A woman who occupies the same realm of thought with man, who can explore with him the depths of science, comprehend the steps of progress through the long past and prophesy those of the momentous future, must ever be surprised and aggravated with his assumptions of leadership and superiority, a superiority she never concedes, an authority she utterly repudiates.” MenLongPastStepsProgressAuthorityDepthRealmsAssumptionSuperiorityAggravated Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton