Where they come from matters. They're products of particular places and environments.

I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with my eyes, and there is no way that your eyes don't affect your judgement. The only true way to listen is with your ears and your heart. (p.251)

Through embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness.

We sometimes think of being good at mathematics as an innate ability. You either have "it" or you don't. But to Schoenfeld, it's not so much ability as attitude. You master mathematics if you are willing to try.

If you want to bring a fundamental change in people's belief and behavior...you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be practiced and expressed and nurtured.

Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.