John Amos Comenius Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“The saying "He who teaches others, teaches himself" is very true, not only because constant repetition impresses a fact indelibly on the mind, but because the process of teaching itself gives deeper insight into the subject taught.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Teaching #Giving #Mind
“The proper education of the young does not consist in stuffing their heads with a mass of words, sentences, and ideas dragged together out of various authors, but in opening up their understanding to the outer world, so that a living stream may flow from their own minds, just as leaves, flowers, and fruit spring from the bud on a tree.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Spring #Flower #Ideas
“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

#Teacher #Teaching #Learning
“The school is the manufactory of humanity.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Teaching #School #Humanity
“Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Play #Use #Demand
“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 have but one end in view: the welfare of humanity.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Country #Hate #Views
“Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Teacher #Educational #Giving
“Preserve there [bohemia] a hidden seed to glorify thy name.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Names #Glorify
“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.”
-- John Amos Comenius

#Views #Diversity #Humanity

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