Let the main object... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more. — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
There is in the world no rock or tower of such a height that it cannot be scaled by any man (provided he lack not feet) if ladders are placed in the proper position or steps are cut in the rock, made in the right place, and furnished with railings against the danger of falling over. If we examine ourselves,… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share
If, in each hour, a man could learn a single fragment of some branch of knowledge, a single rule of some mechanical art, a single pleasing story or proverb (the acquisition of which would require no effort), what a vast stock of learning he might lay by. Seneca is therefore right when he says: "Life is long, if we know… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share
Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school. Education is indeed necessary for all, and this is evident if we consider the different degrees of ability. No one doubts that… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share
Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach. — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood. To hate people because they were born in another country, because they speak a different language, or because they take a different view on this subject or that, is a great folly. Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human. . . . Let us… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share
Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it. — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
For more than a hundred years much complaint has been made of the unmethodical way in which schools are conducted, but it is only… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
The saying "He who teaches others, teaches himself" is very true, not only because constant repetition impresses a fact indelibly on the mind, but… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image