The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field.

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.

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

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.

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

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

In reference to right answers - Knowing is a process, not a product.