Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe.

Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.

Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously.

In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their tongues.

Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.

Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

Whoever said there's no such thing as a stupid question never looked carefully at a standardized test.

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices

There's no greater show on earth than observing human nature

Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide.

Once the light shines on your path, you will see clearly.

My strengths propel me and my weaknesses pursue me.

For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.

Sure, you can do without the hard personal comments, but it doesn't really happen apart from a few isolated incidents.

In part because individual judgement is not accurate enough or consistent enough, cognitive diversity is essential to good decision making.

What I am looking for is a masterpiece. I don't want to waste my time. I am tired of experiments.

I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.

The most useful thing about art is it's uselessness.