It's so crucial to really get a good handle on what's getting in the way of the kid completing a homework assignment. It can be so many things.

No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there are just extracurriculars and homework and then go to bed.

Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.

It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode.

We have forgotten that those skills on the more positive side of human nature have to be taught, have to be modeled, have to be practiced.

My advice to educators is collaborate with parents; they know a lot about their kids.

If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control.

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

Solutions can't be imposed. That just fosters resentment.

Il pessimismo radicale sconfina nell'ottimismo.

A place is not really a place without a bookstore.

Heaven’s Tao is impartial, yet those who follow its compassionate waywill always be nourished

Prayer is not artful monologue Of voice uplifted from the son It is Love's tender dialogue Between the soul and God.

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

When I look in the mirror, I don't see my Dad, I see my grandmother. For a while it was my mother looking back at me. If only it was my Dad.

Just as I am not upset with somebody who has caught a cold, so too I am not upset with somebody who's caught the faith virus.

There is another possibility: not the end of nature, but the rebirth of wonder and even joy.

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.