We carry with us habits of thought and taste fostered in some nearly forgotten classroom by a certain teacher.

The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.

We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us.

"Thinking about thinking" has to be a principle ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life.

The foundations of any subject may be taught to anybody at any age in some form.

We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.

In reference to right answers - Knowing is a process, not a product.

Good teaching is forever being on the cutting edge of a child's competence.

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.......

Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.

To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.

Don't say you're sorry, 'cause I'm not even breaking. You're not worth the time that this is taking.

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

Again and again, Americans have voted for a president to keep them out of a war, only to see the "peace" candidate elected who then brings the nation into war.

When I am ever in any situation that's getting too heavy, I lighten it up with humor.

I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.

Upon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, "Write.

If it can be dreamed, it can be done.