Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.

Let the main object... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more.

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

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

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

The school is the manufactory of humanity.

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.

Boyhood is distracted for years with precepts of grammar that are infinitely prolix, perplexed and obscure.

Preserve there [bohemia] a hidden seed to glorify thy name.

To teach means scarcely anything more than to show how things differ from one another in their different purposes, forms, and origins. ... Therefore, he who differentiates well teaches well.

It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.

Like God, art seemed to hover over us, perhaps benevolent, and often sublime, but constantly, maddeningly out of reach.

May your light shine in the darkness.

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion.

I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.

I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute band - but under that they had a real rock n roll thing going on.

I know you loved her, but it's okay to let it go now. You know that, don't you? You've got to be able to let it go.

I can turn heartbreak into songs that help other people

UFC is not a competitor to the WWE because we are entertainment and UFC is competitive sport. It's very different.

I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?