Teaching which ignores the realities of children will be rejected as surely as any graft which attempts to ignore the body's immune system.

Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.

It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.

You learn at your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in.

The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better

If you are not prepared to resign or be fired for what you believe in, then you are not a worker, let alone a professional. You are a slave.

Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture.

Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are.

All human beings have all of the intelligences. But we differ, for both genetic and experiential reasons, in our profile of intelligences at any moment.

Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

Philosophic concepts are a form of sentiment. Conflicts between lofty ideas and vouchsafed values are endemic for any thinking person.

Ever see moors murderer Ian Brady, study his photos, study Black, study Cannon, study Sutcliffe - study them all! Who says evil is not recognisable?

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master

... old clothes, old friends, old books. One needs constants in a traveling life.

Never throw anything good away -- real wool, pure silk. Put it away and wait for it to come back.

I started when I was 4, but I didn't play seriously until I was 8.

Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

I can understand people wanting to look their best, and taking basic steps to do it, but I kind of admire people who are comfortable enough in their own skin to be who they are.

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

God sees us in secret, therefore, let, us seek his face in secret. Though heaven be God's palace, yet it is not his prison.