There is no real reason to fail a child," "Once children start failing, they begin to believe that they can't do anything. They give up.

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.