„Co nevytvoříte v čase, který je Vám vyměřen, nikdo to za Vás již nevykoná.“

—  Jan Amos Komenský

„Že dítky nejdražší boží dar a klenot nejpilnějšího opatrování hodny jsou.“

—  Jan Amos Komenský

„Člověk má rozum, aby rozeznával, a vůli, aby volil, cokoli je kde dobrého nebo zlého.“

—  Jan Amos Komenský

„Knihy moudře složené lidskou pílí jsou zlato už vytěžené z hlubin, pročištěné různými zkouškami vodou a ohněm, označkované snad i k obecnému užívání, mající jistou hodnotu, a hodící se tedy k dennímu užívání.“

—  Jan Amos Komenský

„Nebuďme, prosím, tak leniví, abychom po jiných toliko vždy hleděli a za jinými zdaleka se plaziti chtěli! Nechť nás také v něčem jiní před sebou vidí!“

—  Jan Amos Komenský

Zdroj: [Kožík, František, Světlo v temnotách - Bolestný a hrdinský život Jana Amose Komenského, 3., Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, Praha, 1970, 176]

„Aristoteles porovnával mysl člověka s prázdnou tabulkou, na které nebylo napsáno nic, ale na kterou by bylo možné vyrýt všechno. … Je tam však tento rozdíl, že na tabulku je psaní omezeno prostorem, zatímco v případě mysli můžete pokračovat v psaní a rytí bez nalezení hranice, protože, jak již bylo prokázáno, mysl nemá limity.“

—  Jan Amos Komenský

„Ve hře se dá hodně naučit, co poté bude použito, když to okolnosti budou vyžadovat.“

—  Jan Amos Komenský

„Aristotle compared the mind of man to a blank tablet on which nothing was written, but on which all things could be engraved. … There is, however, this difference, that on the tablet the writing is limited by space, while in the case of the mind, you may continually go on writing and engraving without finding any boundary, because, as has already been shown, the mind is without limit.“

—  John Amos Comenius

The Great Didactic (Didactica Magna) (Amsterdam, 1657) [written 1627–38], as translated by M. W. Keatinge (1896).
Cf. Aristotle, De anima, III, 4, 430a: "δυνάμει δ' οὕτως ὥσπερ ἐν γραμματείῳ ᾧ μηθὲν ἐνυπάρχει ἐντελεχείᾳ γεγραμμένον· ὅπερ συμβαίνει ἐπὶ τοῦ νοῦ."
Originál: (la) Aristoteles hominis animum comparavit tabulae rasae, cui nihil inscriptum sit, inscribi tamen omnia possint. … Hoc interest, quod in tabula lineas ducere non licet, nisi quousque margo permittat: in mente usque et usque scribendo, et sculpendo, terminum nusquam invenies quia (ut ante monitum) interminabilis est.

„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

„The school is the manufactory of humanity.“

—  John Amos Comenius

„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 how to use it." It is consequently of importance that we understand the art of making the very best use of our lives.“

—  John Amos Comenius

„Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach.“

—  John Amos Comenius

„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

„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.“

—  John Amos Comenius

„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

„Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.“

—  John Amos Comenius

„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

„Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.“

—  John Amos Comenius

„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