The purpose of adult education is to help them to learn, not to teach them all you know and thus stop them from learning..

We should test prudently; not profligately..

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own..

I can only think that the book is read because it deals with the difficulties of schooling, which do not change. Please note: the difficulties, not t….

We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same..

Teaching is a passionate profession..

On technology: The teacher is mightier than the mouse..

When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable..

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained..

Perhaps for the first time in history, human-kind has the capacity to create far more information than anyone can absorb; to foster far greater inter….

Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best b….

Arrogance is the conjoined twin of ignorance..

We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences fo….

Human behavior is subject to the same laws as any other natural phenomenon. Our customs, behaviors, and values are byproducts of our culture. No one ….

...one of the reasons I like classes and structured learning is that they encourage -and contribute to-the belief that life is orderly, that things h….

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it..

Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to corr….

School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence..

Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge..

On school culture: It's hard to eat something you've had a relationship with..

Plan to be better today, but don't ever plan to be finished.