When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.