It is difficult to feel accomplished when you're not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something 'for your own good' is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are.

The gardener does not make a plant grow. The job of a gardener is to create optimal conditions for growth

If all you had was academic ability, you wouldn't have been able to get out of bed this morning. In fact, there wouldn't have been a bad to get out of. No one could have made one. You could have written about possibility of one, but not have constructed it.

Everyday, everywhere our children spread their dreams beneath our feet and we should tread softly.

Creativity is as important as literacy.

Typically [professors] live in their heads. … They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads. It’s a way of getting their head to meetings.

Humans are born curious, creative, and intuitive.