Agency presupposes choice.

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.

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.

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

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.