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

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.

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

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

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

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