A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.

We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.

How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.

The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

She had always observed that she got on better with clever women than silly ones like herself

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

I've always been obsessed with tigers, I love white tigers I think they're very glamourous in a weird way.

What are the critical success factors of your job? What must you be absolutely, positively excellent at doing to be successful?

If you've got a dream, there is no one out there to stop you, from achieving it.

You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't see who that is anymore, then see yourself the way I see you.

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

Conservation means development as much as it does protection.