Whoever reflects recognizes that there are empty and lonely spaces between one’s experiences.

Understanding something in one way does not preclude understanding it in other ways.

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

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.

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

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.

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