More essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow.

Reducing children to a test score is the worst form of identity theft we could commit in schools.

The way we see things is the source of the way we think or the way we act

Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"

You don't see the world as it is, you see it according to who you are.

Without trust, the best we can do is compromise.

The creative process is also the most terrifying part because you don't know exactly what's going to happen or where it is going to lead. You don't know what new dangers and challenges you'll find. It takes an enormous amount of internal security to begin with the spirit of adventure, discovery, and creativity. Without doubt, you have to leave the comfort zone of base camp and confront an entirely new and unknown wilderness.