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

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

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.

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

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.

To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to be in good order if, day after day, we try to force them to do what they do not find satisfying.

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.