If we wait long enough, a teacher will answer her own question, so we won't have to do much work.

If I memorize enough stuff, I can get a good grade.

The teacher "teaches" and the students "sit and listen" or learn passively.

"Thinking" is not something we talk about.

If we ask enough questions about a difficult assignment, we can get the teacher to make it easier and less demanding.

The teacher is the only one worth listening to.

Books and teachers are always "right", and we learn only from them, not from any other resource in the room, such as our friends.

The answer to most questions can be given in one or two words, and no one will challenge you to go deeper.

There is one "right answer" to any question, and it is in the book to be read.

Most tasks and tests will demand recall of isolated pieces of information, and I will not have to show how concepts and ideas are related or how facts illustrate underlying principles.

Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful, " then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.

I found a little beetle, so that beetle was his name

Within America, there are extremely different place. I'm not saying it's one homogenous color. It's obviously an incredible place. There's no other place like it, and it's incredibly diverse.

Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever.

I don't know if humor has a place for it but being light hearted does and not to take it too seriously.

Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.

Ignoring the expectations is what leads you realize the true potential

The power is to set the agenda. What we print and what we don't print matter a lot.

Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable

We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves.