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.

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

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

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.

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.

Today much of what we call education is merely knowledge gathering and remembering. Problem solving and thinking, never strong parts of our educational system, have been downgraded in all but a few scientific subjects.

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