Competition is healthy ... but there is more to life than winning or we should nearly all be losers

A leader shapes and shares a vision, which gives point to the work of others.

Talent comes with an individual name tag.

To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.

Ordinary citizens are so accepting of what is going on, grumbling when their material interests were affected, but seemingly accepting the spiritual poverty so characteristic of today.

We should see schools as safe arenas for experimenting with life, for discovering our talents... for taking responsibity for tasks and others people, for learning how to learn... and for exploring our beliefs about life and society.

Creativity needs a bit of untidiness. Make everything too neat and there is no room for experiment.