"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever" he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"

You will be astonished to find how the whole mental disposition of your children changes with advancing years. A young child and the same when nearly grown, sometimes differ almost as much as do a caterpillar and butterfly.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new conception of human ecology, one in which we start to reconstitute our concept of the richness in human capacity.