"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war." ― Maria Montessori Topic(s): Time More From Maria Montessori "The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon." "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.’" "We cannot create observers by saying ‘observe,’ but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses." More In Time "I fall in love every time. And I don’t really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard."― Katy Perry "How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time."― Sophocles "You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul’s own doing."― Marie Stopes