Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.

Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can't be conditioned; indeed, conditioning prevents these things from ever happening.

Anyone who is more interested in human beings than in the rules is a threat to the system.

Why are you so docile when you give up your child to a government agent called a schoolteacher?

Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach.

What's gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE RIGHT WAY to proceed with growing up.

The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.