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.

The answer lies in preventing these failures, not in looking for better ways to fix the people who are failing.

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it.

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

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.