Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself.

Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life.

Play is the work of childhood.

Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves.

Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered.

Experience precedes understanding.

What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see.

The hour is only long thus, if you've waited.

In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that I was already dead.

Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving.

Never be too compromising and forgiving coz over time, your stand becomes worthless to others!

Every day is a new journey for me, and I feel like, in my lifetime, I've been blessed to experience such a lot.

Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.

BECAUSE SELF IS NO LONGER OUR GOD, SAFETY IS NO LONGER OUR CONCERN.

She had the revelation one Sunday that while the other instruments played for everyone the violen played for her alone .

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail.