Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.

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.

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.

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.

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.

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.