Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries.

There is only one thing age can give you, and that is wisdom.

How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.

If I spoke no English, my world would be limited to the Japanese-speaking community, and no matter how talented I was, I could never do business, seek employment or take part in public affairs outside that community.

English, our common language, binds our diverse people.

Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place.

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.