Once she knows how to read there's only one thing you can teach her to believe in and that is herself.

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.

It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it.

As a Jew, I had no desire to challenge my childhood prejudice. But as a teacher, I could not do otherwise.

MotherHushed and sacred silencefills the dawning skyI ponder in this momentof our journey which is nigh...

The art of teaching lies in communicating the mystery of the universe without taking the mystery out of it.

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look,

The purpose of teachers should be to add to the sum of human knowers rather than the sum of human knowledge.

There's nothing sillier in the world than a teacher telling you don't do it after you already did it.

You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.

Conquest was once over the outer territories, but the new conquest is for the inner-territories of our hearts.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

If you avoid your truthful emotions and pain you will implode and contract into a diminished and feeble state.

God built lighthouses to see people through storms. Then he built storms to remind people to find lighthouses.