People have to live by rules in the world. Why do we pretend in school that they don't?

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.

When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never stops, a process that creates a logical individual. That is the challenge and joy of teaching.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children.

If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.

A theology that endangers life rather than "giving life" is one that cannot accept the title of being adequately Christian.

See, forgiveness doesn't happen all at once. It's not an event - it's a process.

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial one in any love story.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.

The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.