Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers.

And that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.

I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.

I so enjoy being old because for the first time I don't have to do anything-work, teach, study. I feel very good about myself-and at my age I can say no to anything now if I don't want to do it. What a liberating word.

The heart has its reasons; it's the mind that's suspect.

Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

I want to point the way to something that should forever lure them, when the TV set is broken and the movie is over and the school bell has rung for the last time.