"There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than competitiveness. There is respect for the environment and for the individuals within it, which comes through experience of freedom within the community."

-- Maria Montessori

#Children Quotes #Community Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes

“I go to sleep happy. I wake up excited because I give the truth.”
“Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.”
“I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.”
“The Eucharist is essential for us: it is Christ who wishes to enter our lives and fill us with his grace.”
“I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.”
“I think love is something you figure out later on in life, and you have to make a lot of mistakes to figure out what love is, which is why we all have shitty, tumultuous relationships when weâ€™re younger, and itâ€™s harder to let go,”
“We are 'writers,' we are not supposed to be interested in filthy lucre, we are supposed to be starry eyed artistes. ... In Reality Land, we all want to maybe put dinner on the table once in a while, but in Fantasy Land, we are not supposed to be even interested in money because we are so caught up in the emotion of it all. That's an illusion, but people like it and it makes us feel holy or something so we all play along.”
“In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.”

Source : Catharine A. MacKinnon (1996). “Only Words”, p.109, Harvard University Press

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