School curriculum, learning activities--all educational pursuits--should be characterized by and should lead to a sense and experience of wholeness. (p25)

the process through which any concept or subject (content) is taught becomes a part of the content. (p19)

Our students sometimes use their creativity to do wrong things, and we therefore conclude that we must keep them from being creative. But evil cannot be blamed on creativity. (p31)

(Wallace) Stevens turns to the idea of the weather precisely as the religious man turns to the idea of God.

So, how can I try to be someone I didn't really even know?

The adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days.

It was all in His hands now - as it had always been.

When I heard Nirvana, it changed my life.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.

My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding.