Silence ensures that history repeats itself.

It would be easy to become a victim of our circumstances and continue feeling sad, scared or angry; or instead, we could choose to deal with injustice humanely and break the chains of negative thoughts and energies, and not let ourselves sink into it.

I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.

Silence ensures that history repeats itself.

I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.

No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.