Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.

It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.

You learn at your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in.

The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better

If you are not prepared to resign or be fired for what you believe in, then you are not a worker, let alone a professional. You are a slave.

Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture.

Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are.

All human beings have all of the intelligences. But we differ, for both genetic and experiential reasons, in our profile of intelligences at any moment.

Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.

Desire is a frightening thing.

Greatness is sifted through the grind, therefore don't despise the hard work now for surely it will be worth it in the end.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.

Back then I was called Dumbo because of my ears. I was called Fatty, too. It was hurtful so I became like the class clown. I became the one who was kicked around.

Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference.

I'm all for the Fairness Doctrine, whatever that is.

A fundamental reason why Britain was not torn apart by civil war after 1688 was that its inhabitants' aggression was channelled so regularly and so remorsely into war and imperial expansion abroad.

To quit religion is to start walking in the space! Don't be afraid, you don't fall into the void, because you can hold onto God and science!

It's easy to get buried in the past when you try to make a good thing last.