I was very, very unhappy with even the so-called very elite schools. The one thing I've always done every day with my children is to watch what they do at school, and I was always a bit unhappy with the academic program. It was a kind of hit and miss.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Everything works when the teacher works. It's as easy as that, and as hard.

None of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success.

I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything.