Everybody needs one essential friend.

Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

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

The Compassionate Classroom is a fabulous book! If teachers will read it, they can transform their classrooms.

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.

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.