Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.

In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.

I'm more of a creative learner, ... I do very well in projects, but I was not good at memorizing all of that material in the introductory courses.

There was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.

The essence of intelligence would seem to be in knowing when to think and act quickly, and knowing when to think and act slowly.

If you're not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you can't think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left.

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.