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.

If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right for anyone else, the world would be a much happier place.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.

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

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

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.

Everybody needs one essential friend.