If mutual respect does derive from unilateral respect, it does so by opposition.

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 require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration

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.

I know how to use a fellytone now.

Doing nothing is also an action

You should not reduce yourself to any that runs after miracles.

As far as keeping my sanity, it's something I've only recently tried to focus on as a means of self-preservation.

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.

Usually I'm trying to work with people that I've worked with before, so we have a certain amount of know-how and what we're going to do together.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.

There is really no way we can know the heart, the intentions, or the circumstances of someone who might say or do something we find reason to criticize. Thus the commandment: 'Judge not.'