Surely knowledge of the natural world, knowledge of the human condition, knowledge of the nature and dynamics of society, knowledge of the past so that one may use it in experiencing the present and aspiring to the future--all of these, it would seem reasonable to suppose, are essential to an educated man. To these must be added another--knowledge of the products of our artistic heritage that mark the history of our esthetic wonder and delight.

We cannot, even given our most imaginative efforts, construct a concept of Self that does not impute some causal influence of prior mental states on later ones.

Passion, like discriminating taste, grows on its use. You more likely act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.

In time, and as one comes to benefit from experience, one learns that things will turn out neither as well as one hoped nor as badly as one feared.

The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.

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

Good teaching is forever being on the cutting edge of a child's competence.