Schools that cannot tolerate interesting & enthusiastic eccentrics who work better alone than together are devoid of flexibility & spirit

We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.

In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.

Teaching is an emotional practice: it activates, colors & expresses people's feelings.

In healthy individuals, emotions don't distort rationality, they enhance it!

Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!"