Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism.

I would urge that the yeast of education is the idea of excellence, and the idea of excellence comprises as many forms as there are individuals, each of whom develops his own image of excellence. The school must have as one of its principal functions the nurturing of images of excellence.

Apollo without Dionysus may indeed be a well-informed, good citizen but he's a dull fellow. He may even be 'cultured,' in the sense one often gets from traditionalist writings in education. . . . But without Dionysus he will never make and remake a culture.

We carry with us habits of thought and taste fostered in some nearly forgotten classroom by a certain teacher.

We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.

Telling others about oneself is...no simple matter. It depends on what we think they think we ought to be like

We need to conceive of ourselves as "agents" impelled by self-generated intentions.