Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You can’t laug…

- Bel Kaufman

Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.

- Bel Kaufman

Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.

- Bel Kaufman

The heart has its reasons; it's the mind that's suspect.

- Bel Kaufman

Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.

- Bel Kaufman

Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.

- Bel Kaufman

Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one's best self.

- Bel Kaufman

Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers.

- Bel Kaufman

Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

- Bel Kaufman