In the minds of their peers, too often students become caricatures of themselves.

Although she was gregarious, she inadvertently separated herself from people because she was so often inside her own head, focusing on her creativity.

I figure I'll win the fight in twenty years or so anyways when I end up with a decent life and their unemployed and living at home.

Studies have shown that, at least among students, popularity equals visibility.

If teachers are uncomfortable at their own school, they will pass on their uncertainties or negative attitude to students.

Being an outsider doesn't necessarily indicate any sort of social failing. We do not view a tuba player as musically challenged if he cannot play the violin.

The 1970s, fewer than 25% of US residents lived in counties in which the presidential candidate won by landslide. 30 years later, that percentage has nearly doubled.

He didn't realize that simply by mingling among various lunch tables, he was befriending people in different crowds, weaving together the fringes of the cafeteria.

Part of the problem is that people at our school don't listen. They just put on the headphones and tune out the world. It's intimidating.

The cafeteria made him feel like an observer rather than a participant in the high school experience.

How could he encapsulate in a pithy admissions-interview line all of his unique ideas and interests?

It symbolizes a spear, and in this sorry world the symbol is the thing.

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

I went to see that movie 'From Hell,' or as Osama bin Laden calls it - 'Roots.'

I find you have to come as litmus paper and be available to whatever way you can be.

Take something away, and your habits become clear.

Our veterans connect generations and Canadians. As a country and as individuals, we gain in pride and in purpose from their deeds and their service.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.