The agentive mind is not only active in nature, but it seeks out dialogue and discourse with other active minds. And it is through this dialogic, discursive process that we come to know the Other and his points of view, his stories. We learn an enormous amount not only about the world but about ourselves by discourse with Others.

Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life.

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

"Thinking about thinking" has to be a principle ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli.

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

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