John Amos Comenius

“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.”

“He who has a living faith in God will not find it hard to obey Him.”

“Schools are the workshops of humanity.”

“The school is the nursery of humanity.”

“Book printing is the most important invention of the second millennium.”

“To have a lively faith is to be poor in spirit, meek, mournful, hungry and thirsty for righteousness, merciful, pure in heart, peacemaking, and persecuted for righteousness' sake.”

“The first beginnings of all things are small.”

“The whole of mankind is a single community.”

“We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood.”

“Let the main object of this, our didactic, be as follows: to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners may learn more.”

“The proper education of the young does not consist in stuffing their heads with a mass of words... but in opening up their understanding to the outer world.”

“Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.”

“Whatever is to be known, must be taught with the greatest simplicity.”

“Three things give wisdom: things that are, things that have been, and things that will be.”