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.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.

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

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.

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!

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