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

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

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

They have this big book called the 'DSM-IV,' you know, that is supposedly written about crazy people, but I think it is a book that is written by crazy people!

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

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

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.