What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

What we get, and all we ever get, from the outside is information; how we choose to act on this information is up to us.

The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning.

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

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest passing grade in the real world is competence. Why do schools accept so much less?

When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.