We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.

I say the one thing Hillary Clinton has over me is experience, but it's bad experience, because what she has done has turned out badly.

Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough.

Remain open. There is something bigger than you know going on here.

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras!

Injuries, burns, and bruises will heal. But victory lasts forever.

Algebra is rich in structure but weak in meaning.

The worst reason to do magic is the desire to display your superiority to your fellow humans.

Seal my lips on aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.