The quality of the relationships that students have in class with their peers and teachers is important to their success in school.

None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

...action is in fact knowledge in operation. Right action stems from right knowledge. Right knowledge is acquired through the teacher.

Mathematics education is much more complicated than you expected, even though you expected it to be more complicated than you expected.

I sat with the broken; I whispered their names, I let them feel for the first time; serendipity, would change the vision they see for a day

Because this is Upper Canada, after all, and 'caning' sounds more English than 'having ass whipped to death with hickory stick.

I think you'll be a great teacher," said Gary. That's his role in my life: blind encourager and ambassador of false senses of security.

The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'.

Sorry I'm late," Ms. Egami said to the class. She dropped her papers, which scattered in that special way papers do when one is running late.

The Sufi is one who does what others do – when it is necessary. He is also one who does what others cannot do – when it is indicated.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

I went to school to be a comedian. I was always cracking jokes in class. And after they were cracked, the teacher would try to put them back together.

A person’s reputation is like a glass panel that remains protected till it remains fitted in the strong and durable frame of the good character.

You need someone to probe you in that direction. It won't just happen automatically." I knew what he was saying. We all need teachers in our lives.