Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.

What we become as our lives evolve depends on the quality of our experiences here and now.

It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.

I mean, really, whatever you woke up worrying about this morning, get over it. How important in the greater scheme of things can it possibly be? Make your peace and move on.

Creativity is as important as literacy.

Being wrong doesn't mean being creative - but if you aren't afraid of being wrong, you can't be creative.

You cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do is like a farmer create the conditions under which it will begin to flourish.